diff --git a/package/tar/tar.mk b/package/tar/tar.mk
index e1e16a2302..bab2ca21e8 100644
--- a/package/tar/tar.mk
+++ b/package/tar/tar.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-TAR_VERSION = 1.25
+TAR_VERSION = 1.26
 TAR_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/tar
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,tar))