diff --git a/package/base/ethtool/ethtool.desc b/package/base/ethtool/ethtool.desc
index 5d27372df..497bd8f28 100644
--- a/package/base/ethtool/ethtool.desc
+++ b/package/base/ethtool/ethtool.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 3
+[V] 5
 [P] X -X---5---9 185.200
 
-[D] 2057661851 ethtool-3.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gkernel/
+[D] 2434402215 ethtool-5.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gkernel/