diff --git a/lfs/strongswan b/lfs/strongswan
index 55e2b0a45..db4607bc2 100644
--- a/lfs/strongswan
+++ b/lfs/strongswan
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2022  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2023  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        = 5.9.8
+VER        = 5.9.9
 
 THISAPP    = strongswan-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 2a7e346931f909aefa17a7e2f4a2d5b491979dd21519eaffa5d14ac0e54d86207009526aed903bfadbec2d4d449a23077f391106ed9ac02851a081b563c72eb0
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 9cbc73192527254a2d20b28295e7583a0d9ec81e4d6eb1b7d78e54b30ba8e5304a33e813145d8a47b2b4319d7b49762cd35cdbdaf1d41161d7746d68d3cef1b5
 
 install : $(TARGET)