diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 6b65e1fb8..720f5c20a 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ BUSYBOX_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/busybox
 BUSYBOX_SOURCE:=busybox-snapshot.tar.bz2
 BUSYBOX_SITE:=http://www.busybox.net/downloads/snapshots
 else
-BUSYBOX_VER:=1.00
+BUSYBOX_VER:=1.01
 BUSYBOX_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/busybox-$(BUSYBOX_VER)
 BUSYBOX_SOURCE:=busybox-$(BUSYBOX_VER).tar.bz2
 BUSYBOX_SITE:=http://www.busybox.net/downloads