diff --git a/libcap/.footprint b/libcap/.footprint
index 383b4e39c..c2e4f3174 100644
--- a/libcap/.footprint
+++ b/libcap/.footprint
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/sys/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/sys/capability.h
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.so -> libcap.so.2
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.so.2 -> libcap.so.2.02
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.so.2.02
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.so.2 -> libcap.so.2.04
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.so.2.04
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/man3/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/_cap_names.3.gz
diff --git a/libcap/.md5sum b/libcap/.md5sum
index f59ae05b4..ab81e903f 100644
--- a/libcap/.md5sum
+++ b/libcap/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-cff766f741a98c33a9e45c3d17242006  libcap-2.02.tar.gz
+20cd089727431c6bd776a56ad7275ef5  libcap-2.04.tar.gz
diff --git a/libcap/Pkgfile b/libcap/Pkgfile
index cac8d820c..7c2f3a5f0 100644
--- a/libcap/Pkgfile
+++ b/libcap/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on: libattr
 
 name=libcap
-version=2.02
+version=2.04
 release=1
 source=(ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/libcap-$version.tar.gz)