diff --git a/lfs/bird b/lfs/bird
index be78593c3..d5d582ab9 100644
--- a/lfs/bird
+++ b/lfs/bird
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2024  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  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        #
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include Config
 
 SUMMARY    = The BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
 
-VER        = 2.15.1
+VER        = 3.3.3
 
 THISAPP    = bird-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 PROG       = bird
-PAK_VER    = 14
+PAK_VER    = 15
 
 DEPS       =
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = c3fe95ae2b8a3dca036278c8014f3ce2d1fd224c65c10abcc77b2cc1dbdfaa1b5766e8643b873a12ac33f00cd5e866aa7ce853ead78150ec4314b53457ad554a
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 0e3218b343c55787eec300155c6c96205f6c433e4fb3d8e38a96919b1e2cbb92d80dec43f5548d22d33ad90f05dcd64fe093d09c0aa23c7fd882cbe48e17a0d0
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -81,12 +81,10 @@ $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
-	$(UPDATE_AUTOMAKE)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && \
-		./configure \
-			--prefix=/usr \
-			--sysconfdir=/etc \
-			--localstatedir=/var
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure \
+				--prefix=/usr \
+				--sysconfdir=/etc \
+				--localstatedir=/var
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install