diff --git a/admin/debootstrap/Makefile b/admin/debootstrap/Makefile
index e8e9472fa..73e15ef48 100644
--- a/admin/debootstrap/Makefile
+++ b/admin/debootstrap/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=debootstrap
-PKG_VERSION:=1.0.48
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0.55
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-udeb_$(PKG_VERSION)_all.udeb
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap
-PKG_MD5SUM:=fae3ba2258e41e17bcb77bbe84d26b2e
+PKG_MD5SUM:=f01432f4d7c193ac7a868416ace41bad
 
 UNPACK_CMD=ar -p "$(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)" data.tar.xz | xzcat | tar -C $(1) -xf -
 
diff --git a/admin/debootstrap/patches/100-busybox_fix.patch b/admin/debootstrap/patches/100-busybox_fix.patch
index 4175ee888..3c26f08ea 100644
--- a/admin/debootstrap/patches/100-busybox_fix.patch
+++ b/admin/debootstrap/patches/100-busybox_fix.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/usr/share/debootstrap/functions
 +++ b/usr/share/debootstrap/functions
-@@ -838,8 +838,6 @@ choose_extractor () {
+@@ -840,8 +840,6 @@ choose_extractor () {
  
  	if [ -n "$EXTRACTOR_OVERRIDE" ]; then
  		extractor="$EXTRACTOR_OVERRIDE"