diff --git a/package/fail2ban/0001-fixed-possible-RCE-vulnerability-unset-escape-variable.patch b/package/fail2ban/0001-fixed-possible-RCE-vulnerability-unset-escape-variable.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d44f41d85..0000000000
--- a/package/fail2ban/0001-fixed-possible-RCE-vulnerability-unset-escape-variable.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-From 410a6ce5c80dd981c22752da034f2529b5eee844 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: sebres <serg.brester@sebres.de>
-Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:12:53 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] fixed possible RCE vulnerability, unset escape variable
- (default tilde) stops consider "~" char after new-line as composing escape
- sequence
-
-[Retrieved from:
-https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/410a6ce5c80dd981c22752da034f2529b5eee844]
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- config/action.d/complain.conf         | 2 +-
- config/action.d/dshield.conf          | 2 +-
- config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf    | 8 ++++----
- config/action.d/mail-whois-lines.conf | 2 +-
- config/action.d/mail-whois.conf       | 6 +++---
- config/action.d/mail.conf             | 6 +++---
- 6 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/config/action.d/complain.conf b/config/action.d/complain.conf
-index 3a5f882c9f..4d73b05859 100644
---- a/config/action.d/complain.conf
-+++ b/config/action.d/complain.conf
-@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ logpath = /dev/null
- # Notes.:  Your system mail command. Is passed 2 args: subject and recipient
- # Values:  CMD
- #
--mailcmd = mail -s
-+mailcmd = mail -E 'set escape' -s
- 
- # Option:  mailargs
- # Notes.:  Additional arguments to mail command. e.g. for standard Unix mail:
-diff --git a/config/action.d/dshield.conf b/config/action.d/dshield.conf
-index c128bef348..3d5a7a53a9 100644
---- a/config/action.d/dshield.conf
-+++ b/config/action.d/dshield.conf
-@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ tcpflags =
- # Notes.:  Your system mail command. Is passed 2 args: subject and recipient
- # Values:  CMD
- #
--mailcmd = mail -s
-+mailcmd = mail -E 'set escape' -s
- 
- # Option:  mailargs
- # Notes.:  Additional arguments to mail command. e.g. for standard Unix mail:
-diff --git a/config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf b/config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf
-index 325f185b2f..79b841049c 100644
---- a/config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf
-+++ b/config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf
-@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ actionstart = printf %%b "Hi,\n
-               The jail <name> has been started successfully.\n
-               Output will be buffered until <lines> lines are available.\n
-               Regards,\n
--              Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+              Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
- 
- # Option:  actionstop
- # Notes.:  command executed at the stop of jail (or at the end of Fail2Ban)
-@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ actionstop = if [ -f <tmpfile> ]; then
-                  These hosts have been banned by Fail2Ban.\n
-                  `cat <tmpfile>`
-                  Regards,\n
--                 Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: Summary from <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+                 Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: Summary from <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-                  rm <tmpfile>
-              fi
-              printf %%b "Hi,\n
-              The jail <name> has been stopped.\n
-              Regards,\n
--             Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+             Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
- 
- # Option:  actioncheck
- # Notes.:  command executed once before each actionban command
-@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ actionban = printf %%b "`date`: <ip> (<failures> failures)\n" >> <tmpfile>
-                 These hosts have been banned by Fail2Ban.\n
-                 `cat <tmpfile>`
-                 \nRegards,\n
--                Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: Summary" <dest>
-+                Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: Summary" <dest>
-                 rm <tmpfile>
-             fi
- 
-diff --git a/config/action.d/mail-whois-lines.conf b/config/action.d/mail-whois-lines.conf
-index 3a3e56b2c7..d2818cb9b9 100644
---- a/config/action.d/mail-whois-lines.conf
-+++ b/config/action.d/mail-whois-lines.conf
-@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ actionunban =
- # Notes.:  Your system mail command. Is passed 2 args: subject and recipient
- # Values:  CMD
- #
--mailcmd = mail -s
-+mailcmd = mail -E 'set escape' -s
- 
- # Default name of the chain
- #
-diff --git a/config/action.d/mail-whois.conf b/config/action.d/mail-whois.conf
-index 7fea34c40d..ab33b616dc 100644
---- a/config/action.d/mail-whois.conf
-+++ b/config/action.d/mail-whois.conf
-@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ norestored = 1
- actionstart = printf %%b "Hi,\n
-               The jail <name> has been started successfully.\n
-               Regards,\n
--              Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+              Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
- 
- # Option:  actionstop
- # Notes.:  command executed at the stop of jail (or at the end of Fail2Ban)
-@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ actionstart = printf %%b "Hi,\n
- actionstop = printf %%b "Hi,\n
-              The jail <name> has been stopped.\n
-              Regards,\n
--             Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+             Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
- 
- # Option:  actioncheck
- # Notes.:  command executed once before each actionban command
-@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ actionban = printf %%b "Hi,\n
-             Here is more information about <ip> :\n
-             `%(_whois_command)s`\n
-             Regards,\n
--            Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> from <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+            Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> from <fq-hostname>" <dest>
- 
- # Option:  actionunban
- # Notes.:  command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the
-diff --git a/config/action.d/mail.conf b/config/action.d/mail.conf
-index 5d8c0e154c..f4838ddcb6 100644
---- a/config/action.d/mail.conf
-+++ b/config/action.d/mail.conf
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ norestored = 1
- actionstart = printf %%b "Hi,\n
-               The jail <name> has been started successfully.\n
-               Regards,\n
--              Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started  on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+              Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started  on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
- 
- # Option:  actionstop
- # Notes.:  command executed at the stop of jail (or at the end of Fail2Ban)
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ actionstart = printf %%b "Hi,\n
- actionstop = printf %%b "Hi,\n
-              The jail <name> has been stopped.\n
-              Regards,\n
--             Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+             Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on <fq-hostname>" <dest>
- 
- # Option:  actioncheck
- # Notes.:  command executed once before each actionban command
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ actionban = printf %%b "Hi,\n
-             The IP <ip> has just been banned by Fail2Ban after
-             <failures> attempts against <name>.\n
-             Regards,\n
--            Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> from <fq-hostname>" <dest>
-+            Fail2Ban"|mail -E 'set escape' -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> from <fq-hostname>" <dest>
- 
- # Option:  actionunban
- # Notes.:  command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the
diff --git a/package/fail2ban/0002-fix-gh-3098-build-fails-with-error-in-fail2ban-setup-command.patch b/package/fail2ban/0002-fix-gh-3098-build-fails-with-error-in-fail2ban-setup-command.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cb097dc38..0000000000
--- a/package/fail2ban/0002-fix-gh-3098-build-fails-with-error-in-fail2ban-setup-command.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-From 5ac303df8a171f748330d4c645ccbf1c2c7f3497 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: sebres <info@sebres.de>
-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:49:18 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] fix gh-3098: build fails with error in fail2ban setup
- command: use_2to3 is invalid (setuptools 58+)
-
-[Retrieved from:
-https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/5ac303df8a171f748330d4c645ccbf1c2c7f3497]
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- setup.py | 16 +---------------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index f4c2550f6..98413273c 100755
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
- from glob import glob
- 
- from fail2ban.setup import updatePyExec
--
-+from fail2ban.version import version
- 
- source_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(
- 	# __file__ seems to be overwritten sometimes on some python versions (e.g. bug of 2.6 by running under cProfile, etc.):
-@@ -112,22 +112,12 @@ def update_scripts(self, dry_run=False):
- # Wrapper to specify fail2ban own options:
- class install_command_f2b(install):
- 	user_options = install.user_options + [
--		('disable-2to3', None, 'Specify to deactivate 2to3, e.g. if the install runs from fail2ban test-cases.'),
- 		('without-tests', None, 'without tests files installation'),
- 	]
- 	def initialize_options(self):
--		self.disable_2to3 = None
- 		self.without_tests = not with_tests
- 		install.initialize_options(self)
- 	def finalize_options(self):
--		global _2to3
--		## in the test cases 2to3 should be already done (fail2ban-2to3):
--		if self.disable_2to3:
--			_2to3 = False
--		if _2to3:
--			cmdclass = self.distribution.cmdclass
--			cmdclass['build_py'] = build_py_2to3
--			cmdclass['build_scripts'] = build_scripts_2to3
- 		if self.without_tests:
- 			self.distribution.scripts.remove('bin/fail2ban-testcases')
- 
-@@ -178,7 +168,6 @@ def run(self):
- if setuptools:
- 	setup_extra = {
- 		'test_suite': "fail2ban.tests.utils.gatherTests",
--		'use_2to3': True,
- 	}
- else:
- 	setup_extra = {}
-@@ -202,9 +191,6 @@ def run(self):
- 		('/usr/share/doc/fail2ban', doc_files)
- 	)
- 
--# Get version number, avoiding importing fail2ban.
--# This is due to tests not functioning for python3 as 2to3 takes place later
--exec(open(join("fail2ban", "version.py")).read())
- 
- setup(
- 	name = "fail2ban",
diff --git a/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.hash b/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.hash
index 072f0ef961..4073efe4c7 100644
--- a/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.hash
+++ b/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # sha256 locally computed
-sha256  383108e5f8644cefb288537950923b7520f642e7e114efb843f6e7ea9268b1e0  fail2ban-0.11.2.tar.gz
+sha256  62b54679ebae81ac57f32c5e27aba9f2494ec5bafd45a0fd68e7a27fd448e5ac  fail2ban-1.0.1.tar.gz
 sha256  a75fec0260742fe6275d63ff6a5d97b924b28766558306b3fa4069763096929b  COPYING
diff --git a/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.mk b/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.mk
index 4a08981a97..288266c2c7 100644
--- a/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.mk
+++ b/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FAIL2BAN_VERSION = 0.11.2
+FAIL2BAN_VERSION = 1.0.1
 FAIL2BAN_SITE = $(call github,fail2ban,fail2ban,$(FAIL2BAN_VERSION))
 FAIL2BAN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 FAIL2BAN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
