diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.97.bb b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.98.bb
similarity index 97%
rename from meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.97.bb
rename to meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.98.bb
index 98916f7f19..fd39c61fb5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.97.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.98.bb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${SAVANNAH_GNU_MIRROR}/sysvinit/sysvinit-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://bootlogd.init \
            file://01_bootlogd \
            "
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "2d5996857519bfd8634d2e1debabb3238fb38440f65fbfdc46420ee8bdf25110"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7b2c3ffaf19eaf1ca80268762f85f9e4eb8e3c973213d49f9802605b72caa7dc"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/sysvinit-${PV}"