diff --git a/socat/.md5sum b/socat/.md5sum
index c856b941d..1d8da9453 100644
--- a/socat/.md5sum
+++ b/socat/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-69b8155dd442a6f24e28ef5407d868eb  socat-1.7.2.4.tar.bz2
+b607edb65bc6c57f4a43f06247504274  socat-1.7.3.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/socat/Pkgfile b/socat/Pkgfile
index d3ad9ec94..a496cb80d 100644
--- a/socat/Pkgfile
+++ b/socat/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  ncurses openssl readline tcp_wrappers
 
 name=socat
-version=1.7.2.4
+version=1.7.3.0
 release=1
 source=(http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/$name-$version.tar.bz2)