diff --git a/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.hash b/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.hash
index f5c2d2d34c4f..6412cf9d90a3 100644
--- a/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.hash
+++ b/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20230222T205615Z/pool/main/i/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.8.41.dsc
-sha256  222c5bef313a9e71d9be4b946c73c8606c98f9e0229153191d9c6d8fb9b3599c  ifupdown_0.8.41.tar.xz
+# From http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20240917T144520Z/pool/main/i/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.8.44.dsc
+sha256  6121a19702e2e86b8f3aaac90d486ae8d557477f769718f3eb838945b697bcad  ifupdown_0.8.44.tar.xz
 # Locally computed
 sha256  32b1062f7da84967e7019d01ab805935caa7ab7321a7ced0e30ebe75e5df1670  COPYING
diff --git a/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.mk b/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.mk
index 14c36db0dbc6..395e46208294 100644
--- a/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.mk
+++ b/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.mk
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-IFUPDOWN_VERSION = 0.8.41
+IFUPDOWN_VERSION = 0.8.44
 IFUPDOWN_SOURCE = ifupdown_$(IFUPDOWN_VERSION).tar.xz
-IFUPDOWN_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20230222T205615Z/pool/main/i/ifupdown
+IFUPDOWN_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20240917T144520Z/pool/main/i/ifupdown
 IFUPDOWN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 IFUPDOWN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 IFUPDOWN_CPE_ID_VENDOR = debian
 
 define IFUPDOWN_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=gnu99 -D'IFUPDOWN_VERSION=\"$(IFUPDOWN_VERSION)\"'" \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=gnu99 -D'PKGLIBDIR=\"/lib/ifupdown\"' -D'IFUPDOWN_VERSION=\"$(IFUPDOWN_VERSION)\"'" \
 		ARCH=linux \
 		-C $(@D)
 endef