diff --git a/package/system/rpcd/Makefile b/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
index 04155e6f22..6f23bbe96e 100644
--- a/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=rpcd
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/rpcd.git
-PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2018-11-28
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=3aa81d0dfae167eccc26203bd0c96f3e3450f253
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2019-10-29
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=d442d62dea8d7c5f9bb58f1be257230a469f343f
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=1befc5e1793a687e7a37b4f4d611e5f95aef4b79ad4b288c4dcb4c74d212509b
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=1e06289ec1a639dddf7dcddd6936e20808f41ec7f1b5afc0cc6fda32a8207824
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=ISC
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/rpcd
   $(Package/rpcd/default)
-  DEPENDS+= +libuci +libblobmsg-json
+  DEPENDS+= +libuci +libblobmsg-json +libjson-c
 endef
 
 define Package/rpcd/description