diff --git a/admin/monit/Makefile b/admin/monit/Makefile
index d8618bdb0..820fddb57 100644
--- a/admin/monit/Makefile
+++ b/admin/monit/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=monit
-PKG_VERSION:=4.9
+PKG_VERSION:=4.10.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/dist/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=bcbaab776a54d1e34e3a057c925de9ca
+PKG_MD5SUM:=d3143b0bbd79b53f1b019d2fc1dae656
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/admin/monit/patches/001-no_sslv2.patch b/admin/monit/patches/001-no_sslv2.patch
index c9253acf6..91fe439e7 100644
--- a/admin/monit/patches/001-no_sslv2.patch
+++ b/admin/monit/patches/001-no_sslv2.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- monit-4.9/ssl.c.orig	2007-01-13 06:00:08.000000000 -0600
-+++ monit-4.9/ssl.c	2007-03-03 20:18:16.000000000 -0600
-@@ -663,9 +663,11 @@
+--- a/ssl.c
++++ b/ssl.c
+@@ -662,9 +662,11 @@
      ssl->method = SSLv23_client_method();
      break;