diff --git a/package/network/services/dropbear/Makefile b/package/network/services/dropbear/Makefile
index 5e518dabd4..1e2588d619 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dropbear/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dropbear/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dropbear
-PKG_VERSION:=2016.74
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2017.75
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:= \
 	http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/ \
 	https://dropbear.nl/mirror/releases/
-PKG_HASH:=2720ea54ed009af812701bcc290a2a601d5c107d12993e5d92c0f5f81f718891
+PKG_HASH:=6cbc1dcb1c9709d226dff669e5604172a18cf5dbf9a201474d5618ae4465098c
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE libtomcrypt/LICENSE libtommath/LICENSE
diff --git a/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/100-pubkey_path.patch b/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/100-pubkey_path.patch
index 41fdc1adab..401c7e1ba5 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/100-pubkey_path.patch
+++ b/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/100-pubkey_path.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/svr-authpubkey.c
 +++ b/svr-authpubkey.c
-@@ -218,17 +218,21 @@ static int checkpubkey(char* algo, unsig
+@@ -220,14 +220,20 @@ static int checkpubkey(char* algo, unsig
  		goto out;
  	}
  
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 -	filename = m_malloc(len + 22);
 -	snprintf(filename, len + 22, "%s/.ssh/authorized_keys", 
 -				ses.authstate.pw_dir);
--
--	/* open the file */
--	authfile = fopen(filename, "r");
 +	if (ses.authstate.pw_uid != 0) {
 +		/* we don't need to check pw and pw_dir for validity, since
 +		 * its been done in checkpubkeyperms. */
@@ -22,18 +19,17 @@
 +		/* allocate max required pathname storage,
 +		 * = path + "/.ssh/authorized_keys" + '\0' = pathlen + 22 */
 +		filename = m_malloc(len + 22);
-+		snprintf(filename, len + 22, "%s/.ssh/authorized_keys", 
-+		         ses.authstate.pw_dir);
-+
-+		/* open the file */
-+		authfile = fopen(filename, "r");
++		snprintf(filename, len + 22, "%s/.ssh/authorized_keys",
++					ses.authstate.pw_dir);
 +	} else {
-+		authfile = fopen("/etc/dropbear/authorized_keys","r");
++		filename = m_malloc(30);
++		strncpy(filename, "/etc/dropbear/authorized_keys", 30);
 +	}
- 	if (authfile == NULL) {
- 		goto out;
- 	}
-@@ -381,26 +385,35 @@ static int checkpubkeyperms() {
++
+ 
+ 	/* open the file as the authenticating user. */
+ 	origuid = getuid();
+@@ -396,26 +402,35 @@ static int checkpubkeyperms() {
  		goto out;
  	}