diff --git a/package/base/autoconf/autoconf.desc b/package/base/autoconf/autoconf.desc
index bf1b302e3..386ba8f30 100644
--- a/package/base/autoconf/autoconf.desc
+++ b/package/base/autoconf/autoconf.desc
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.59
+[V] 2.61
 [P] X -X-3-----9 105.201
 
 [O] export EMACS=no
 
-[D] 3602930607 autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/
+[D] 4245943630 autoconf-2.61.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/