diff --git a/package/libs/nettle/Makefile b/package/libs/nettle/Makefile
index 19c0367f01..b9324e4793 100644
--- a/package/libs/nettle/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/nettle/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nettle
-PKG_VERSION:=3.4.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=3.5.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/nettle
-PKG_HASH:=f941cf1535cd5d1819be5ccae5babef01f6db611f9b5a777bae9c7604b8a92ad
+PKG_HASH:=75cca1998761b02e16f2db56da52992aef622bf55a3b45ec538bc2eedadc9419
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ define Package/libnettle
   TITLE:=GNU crypto library
   URL:=http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/
   DEPENDS+= +!LIBNETTLE_MINI:libgmp
+  ABI_VERSION:=7
 endef
 
 define Package/libnettle/config
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-arm-neon
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(ARCH),armeb)
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--disable-assembler
+endif
+
 define Build/Compile
 	$(call Build/Compile/Default, \
 		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \