diff --git a/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-9999.ebuild b/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-9999.ebuild
index 574482336ef4d..86381f67e17b8 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-9999.ebuild
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ VERSION_LVM="2.03.22"
 VERSION_LZO="2.10"
 VERSION_MDADM="4.2"
 VERSION_POPT="1.19"
-VERSION_STRACE="6.7"
+VERSION_STRACE="6.15"
 VERSION_THIN_PROVISIONING_TOOLS="0.9.0"
 # unionfs-fuse-3.4 needs fuse:3
 VERSION_UNIONFS_FUSE="2.0"