diff --git a/src/wavpack.mk b/src/wavpack.mk
index 3b0709a9..2611ff0a 100644
--- a/src/wavpack.mk
+++ b/src/wavpack.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ PKG             := wavpack
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://www.wavpack.com/
 $(PKG)_DESCR    := WavPack
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 4.75.2
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 7d31b34166c33c3109b45c6e4579b472fd05e3ee8ec6d728352961c5cdd1d6b0
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 5.1.0
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 1939627d5358d1da62bc6158d63f7ed12905552f3a799c799ee90296a7612944
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := wavpack-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := wavpack-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.bz2
 $(PKG)_URL      := http://www.wavpack.com/$($(PKG)_FILE)