diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 28f6c5d82..d47b4f38d 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PKG_BUILDDIR  := $(BUILDDIR)/deps
 DOCSDIR       := $(BASEDIR)/docs
 
 BUSYBOX_ROOT := $(BASEDIR)/tmp
-BUSYBOX_VER  := 1.32.1
+BUSYBOX_VER  := 1.35.0
 BUSYBOX_SRC  := $(BUSYBOX_ROOT)/busybox-$(BUSYBOX_VER)
 
 ifeq ($(SELINUX_ENABLED),)