diff --git a/package/grep/grep.hash b/package/grep/grep.hash
index 409940aa25..789ceeabf1 100644
--- a/package/grep/grep.hash
+++ b/package/grep/grep.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking signature
-sha256	e21e83bac50450e0d0d61a42c154ee0dceaacdbf4f604ef6e79071cb8e596830	grep-2.25.tar.xz
+sha256 246a8fb37e82aa33d495b07c22fdab994c039ab0f818538eac81b01e78636870  grep-2.26.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/grep/grep.mk b/package/grep/grep.mk
index f87e838299..a8e124e416 100644
--- a/package/grep/grep.mk
+++ b/package/grep/grep.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GREP_VERSION = 2.25
+GREP_VERSION = 2.26
 GREP_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/grep
 GREP_SOURCE = grep-$(GREP_VERSION).tar.xz
 GREP_LICENSE = GPLv3+