diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libxcrypt b/config/rootfiles/common/libxcrypt
index 1cbb05816..7febd9254 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libxcrypt
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libxcrypt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#root/libcrypt.pc
 #usr/include/crypt.h
 #usr/include/xcrypt.h
 #usr/lib/libcrypt.la
@@ -7,8 +8,6 @@ usr/lib/libcrypt.so.1.1.0
 #usr/lib/libowcrypt.so
 #usr/lib/libowcrypt.so.1
 #usr/lib/libxcrypt.so
-#usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcrypt.pc
-#usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxcrypt.pc
 #usr/share/man/man3/crypt.3
 #usr/share/man/man3/crypt_checksalt.3
 #usr/share/man/man3/crypt_gensalt.3
diff --git a/lfs/libxcrypt b/lfs/libxcrypt
index 4ec63516a..2f40385ca 100644
--- a/lfs/libxcrypt
+++ b/lfs/libxcrypt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2023  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 4.4.36
+VER        = 4.4.38
 
 THISAPP    = libxcrypt-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 9f028e0fe2cb7bb4273f3f6d1e579e0fe93cd71eba21286aa7dc078c904ea3cdce38b2955bdcd618853f7657b01aea7e28c4d898680e69fdf75f812b5a304c1d
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 42d594fe36f61a1b5343d9fda22541b09373fe74c587537db8203f9c92120b6c73edef2e1b3d7febda14ae979845405b5fdaeb31dd2b89eedc423b0924ea7cff
 
 install : $(TARGET)