diff --git a/extras/tools/packages.mak b/extras/tools/packages.mak
index 22faa09e597b695998a0df973afd4db1f597ecd9..98f0b6f12ed87df2030b22a3a66763c2f13a6e0e 100644
--- a/extras/tools/packages.mak
+++ b/extras/tools/packages.mak
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ GAS_URL=http://git.libav.org/?p=gas-preprocessor.git;a=snapshot;h=$(GAS_VERSION)
 SED_VERSION=4.2.2
 SED_URL=$(GNU)/sed/sed-$(SED_VERSION).tar.bz2
 
-ANT_VERSION=1.9.6
+ANT_VERSION=1.9.7
 ANT_URL=$(APACHE)/ant/binaries/apache-ant-$(ANT_VERSION)-bin.tar.bz2
 
 GETTEXT_VERSION=0.19.6