diff --git a/packages/compress/libarchive/package.mk b/packages/compress/libarchive/package.mk
index 42b7665dff..f2c97e82fa 100644
--- a/packages/compress/libarchive/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/libarchive/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libarchive"
-PKG_VERSION="3.5.2"
-PKG_SHA256="f0b19ff39c3c9a5898a219497ababbadab99d8178acc980155c7e1271089b5a0"
+PKG_VERSION="3.6.1"
+PKG_SHA256="5a411aceb978f43e626f0c2d1812ddd8807b645ed892453acabd532376c148e6"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.libarchive.org"
 PKG_URL="https://www.libarchive.org/downloads/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"