diff --git a/groups.d/241.native_packages_inet.d/whois.package b/groups.d/241.native_packages_inet.d/whois.package
index ba34195..ba0a067 100644
--- a/groups.d/241.native_packages_inet.d/whois.package
+++ b/groups.d/241.native_packages_inet.d/whois.package
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 : ${PKG_WHOIS_DEPENDS:="libidn2"};
-: ${PKG_WHOIS_SHA256SUM:=b7de4288700951b141420e2b4408f0906eaf4e97409cf5043aee80ef4d31e2b4};
-: ${PKG_WHOIS_VERSION:=5.5.22};
+: ${PKG_WHOIS_SHA256SUM:=dcfc08f3362c74ec8ae30691941909ebccf0cb3d27da04236f7e2790dbc7757c};
+: ${PKG_WHOIS_VERSION:=5.5.23};
 : ${PKG_WHOIS_URL:=https://github.com/rfc1036/whois/archive/v${PKG_WHOIS_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_WHOIS_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_WHOIS_CFLAGS_BUILD:=${NATIVE_PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE}};
diff --git a/patches/whois-5.5.22.local.patch b/patches/whois-5.5.22.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fb35b1..0000000
--- a/patches/whois-5.5.22.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
---- whois-5.5.7/Makefile.orig	2020-10-03 16:43:15.000000000 +0100
-+++ whois-5.5.7/Makefile	2021-01-23 07:55:24.889153830 +0000
-@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
- $(error Please fix your build system to stop defining HAVE_LIBIDN!)
- endif
- 
--ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists 'libidn2 >= 2.0.3' || echo NO),)
--whois_LDADD += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libidn2)
--DEFS += -DHAVE_LIBIDN2 $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libidn2)
--else ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists 'libidn' || echo NO),)
--whois_LDADD += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libidn)
--DEFS += -DHAVE_LIBIDN $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libidn)
-+ifeq ($(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --exists 'libidn2 >= 2.0.3' || echo NO),)
-+whois_LDADD += $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --libs-only-l libidn2)
-+DEFS += -DHAVE_LIBIDN2 $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags-only-other libidn2)
-+else ifeq ($(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --exists 'libidn' || echo NO),)
-+whois_LDADD += $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --libs-only-l libidn)
-+DEFS += -DHAVE_LIBIDN $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags-only-other libidn)
- endif
- 
- ifdef HAVE_ICONV
-@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
- CPPFLAGS += $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES)
- 
- ##############################################################################
--all: Makefile.depend whois mkpasswd pos
-+all: Makefile.depend whois mkpasswd
- 
- ##############################################################################
- %.o: %.c
-@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
- 	nice afl-fuzz -i ../afl_in -o ../afl_out -- ./whois
- 
- ##############################################################################
--install: install-whois install-mkpasswd install-pos install-bashcomp
-+install: install-whois install-mkpasswd install-bashcomp
- 
- install-whois: whois
- 	$(INSTALL) -d $(BASEDIR)$(prefix)/bin/
diff --git a/patches/whois-5.5.23.local.patch b/patches/whois-5.5.23.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fb35b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/whois-5.5.23.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+--- whois-5.5.7/Makefile.orig	2020-10-03 16:43:15.000000000 +0100
++++ whois-5.5.7/Makefile	2021-01-23 07:55:24.889153830 +0000
+@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
+ $(error Please fix your build system to stop defining HAVE_LIBIDN!)
+ endif
+ 
+-ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists 'libidn2 >= 2.0.3' || echo NO),)
+-whois_LDADD += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libidn2)
+-DEFS += -DHAVE_LIBIDN2 $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libidn2)
+-else ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists 'libidn' || echo NO),)
+-whois_LDADD += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libidn)
+-DEFS += -DHAVE_LIBIDN $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libidn)
++ifeq ($(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --exists 'libidn2 >= 2.0.3' || echo NO),)
++whois_LDADD += $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --libs-only-l libidn2)
++DEFS += -DHAVE_LIBIDN2 $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags-only-other libidn2)
++else ifeq ($(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --exists 'libidn' || echo NO),)
++whois_LDADD += $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --libs-only-l libidn)
++DEFS += -DHAVE_LIBIDN $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags-only-other libidn)
+ endif
+ 
+ ifdef HAVE_ICONV
+@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
+ CPPFLAGS += $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES)
+ 
+ ##############################################################################
+-all: Makefile.depend whois mkpasswd pos
++all: Makefile.depend whois mkpasswd
+ 
+ ##############################################################################
+ %.o: %.c
+@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
+ 	nice afl-fuzz -i ../afl_in -o ../afl_out -- ./whois
+ 
+ ##############################################################################
+-install: install-whois install-mkpasswd install-pos install-bashcomp
++install: install-whois install-mkpasswd install-bashcomp
+ 
+ install-whois: whois
+ 	$(INSTALL) -d $(BASEDIR)$(prefix)/bin/