diff --git a/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2008-preferred-versions.inc b/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2008-preferred-versions.inc
index c5e1a42..77e5e00 100644
--- a/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2008-preferred-versions.inc
+++ b/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2008-preferred-versions.inc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_udev_libc-uclibc = "141"
 UDEV_GE_141 = "1"
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_usbutils = "0.86"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_wpa-supplicant = "0.6.9"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_wpa-supplicant = "0.7.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_wget = "1.11.4"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xserver-common = "1.33"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xserver-kdrive = "1.4.0.90"