diff --git a/sound/upmpdcli/Makefile b/sound/upmpdcli/Makefile
index 67677095bf..11a117d76c 100644
--- a/sound/upmpdcli/Makefile
+++ b/sound/upmpdcli/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=upmpdcli
-PKG_VERSION:=1.8.11
+PKG_VERSION:=1.9.17
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli/downloads
-PKG_HASH:=d715120b869382ea701f07baa604c77b7895537e0655e1ed4dfa68d986d6a59f
+PKG_HASH:=5eb9ba2f4d2790e302fc1788509789804bb866161e4d9ae05e13bc6f75fc4e1f
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later
diff --git a/sound/upmpdcli/test.sh b/sound/upmpdcli/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34dbfe4060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/upmpdcli/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+case "$1" in
+upmpdcli)
+	# Version check: upmpdcli prints version to stderr on bad args, or to
+	# stdout with --version; try both.
+	ver_out=$(upmpdcli --version 2>&1 || upmpdcli -v 2>&1 || true)
+	echo "$ver_out" | grep -qF "$2" || {
+		# Some builds print only the short semver, not the full string;
+		# check for the major.minor part at minimum.
+		major_minor=$(echo "$2" | cut -d. -f1-2)
+		echo "$ver_out" | grep -qF "$major_minor" || {
+			echo "FAIL: version '$2' not found in: $ver_out"
+			exit 1
+		}
+	}
+	echo "Version check passed"
+
+	# Binary must be executable
+	[ -x /usr/bin/upmpdcli ] || { echo "FAIL: /usr/bin/upmpdcli not executable"; exit 1; }
+
+	# Shared data files: OHCredentials and radio list MUST be present
+	[ -d /usr/share/upmpdcli ] || { echo "FAIL: /usr/share/upmpdcli missing"; exit 1; }
+
+	# Config template must have been installed
+	[ -f /etc/upmpdcli.conf ] || { echo "FAIL: /etc/upmpdcli.conf missing"; exit 1; }
+
+	# The config file must mention key directives that users typically
+	# customise; catch packaging regressions that ship a truncated config.
+	grep -q "friendlyname" /etc/upmpdcli.conf || \
+		{ echo "FAIL: 'friendlyname' missing from config"; exit 1; }
+	grep -q "mpdhost" /etc/upmpdcli.conf || \
+		{ echo "FAIL: 'mpdhost' missing from config"; exit 1; }
+
+	# Attempt a dry-run: upmpdcli will fail to connect to MPD (none
+	# running) but must exit with a recognisable error, not a crash/signal.
+	# We rely on the fact that it prints something before exiting.
+	tmplog=$(mktemp /tmp/upmpdcli-test.XXXXXX)
+	timeout 3 upmpdcli -c /etc/upmpdcli.conf >"$tmplog" 2>&1 || true
+	# Must have produced some output (startup log or error)
+	[ -s "$tmplog" ] || { echo "FAIL: upmpdcli produced no output"; rm -f "$tmplog"; exit 1; }
+	echo "Startup output (first 5 lines):"
+	head -5 "$tmplog"
+	rm -f "$tmplog"
+	;;
+esac