diff --git a/package/efl/0001-ecore_evas-engines-drm-meson.build-use-gl_deps-as-en.patch b/package/efl/0001-ecore_evas-engines-drm-meson.build-use-gl_deps-as-en.patch
index 185926ac46..8fa4658f06 100644
--- a/package/efl/0001-ecore_evas-engines-drm-meson.build-use-gl_deps-as-en.patch
+++ b/package/efl/0001-ecore_evas-engines-drm-meson.build-use-gl_deps-as-en.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 51dfe1863ddc8c5dd576405a9bbb8bca875c1142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 00833baac6935bd1e3e9856211bc165c5b02a7bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
 Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 02:25:47 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] ecore_evas/engines/drm/meson.build: use "gl_deps" as engine
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ index 58071010d0..0741d7fccd 100644
  
  engine_include_dir += include_directories(join_paths('..', '..', '..', 'evas', 'engines', 'drm'))
 -- 
-2.25.4
+2.31.1
 
diff --git a/package/efl/0002-ecore_evas-engines-drm-meson.build-fix-gl_drm-includ.patch b/package/efl/0002-ecore_evas-engines-drm-meson.build-fix-gl_drm-includ.patch
index 89ec838a72..3465fc50aa 100644
--- a/package/efl/0002-ecore_evas-engines-drm-meson.build-fix-gl_drm-includ.patch
+++ b/package/efl/0002-ecore_evas-engines-drm-meson.build-fix-gl_drm-includ.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 8548b02c487ba7e9d78489c6db58812ee5cfb197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From a21e71cc2284a19a34c913aff757e656e3a8c14a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
 Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 01:01:00 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] ecore_evas/engines/drm/meson.build: fix "gl_drm" include
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ index 0741d7fccd..edda1abd71 100644
  shared_module(mod_full_name, engine_src,
    include_directories : config_dir + [engine_include_dir],
 -- 
-2.25.4
+2.31.1
 
diff --git a/package/efl/0003-ecore_fb-fix-build-with-tslib.patch b/package/efl/0003-ecore_fb-fix-build-with-tslib.patch
index 8eb159505f..2756e0932d 100644
--- a/package/efl/0003-ecore_fb-fix-build-with-tslib.patch
+++ b/package/efl/0003-ecore_fb-fix-build-with-tslib.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 9a785396a7940ec541cf4793f9c9f92548c99d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 836b13de08980d89fc13690284efd355c1b43218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
 Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 22:38:03 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] ecore_fb: fix build with tslib
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ index 6d50e0f146..7c7f6786c3 100644
      install: true,
      version : meson.project_version()
 -- 
-2.30.2
+2.31.1
 
diff --git a/package/efl/efl.hash b/package/efl/efl.hash
index 69008cde23..6364d276c0 100644
--- a/package/efl/efl.hash
+++ b/package/efl/efl.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/efl/efl-1.25.1.tar.xz.sha256sum
-sha256  351ca0211ca000234527a503585f039f985607ec9439e34b49d8b8bbf35a7e6b  efl-1.25.1.tar.xz
+# From https://www.enlightenment.org/news/2021-12-26-efl-1.26.0
+sha256  a4a9bce45fd27f8541874e44a130f64550bee1f2f72feaa6c8a758d92eaf204c  efl-1.26.0.tar.xz
 
 sha256  d666b6b2df9f5b791f85c299c65516cb55528b02a807603de246f65f4918ae22  COMPLIANCE
 sha256  5bceb52d65debe420bc520f2992807740dc928b7fdc3c2e9a74b5889177ddf4c  COPYING
diff --git a/package/efl/efl.mk b/package/efl/efl.mk
index cdb05aa551..46bce29305 100644
--- a/package/efl/efl.mk
+++ b/package/efl/efl.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-EFL_VERSION = 1.25.1
+EFL_VERSION = 1.26.0
 EFL_SOURCE = efl-$(EFL_VERSION).tar.xz
 EFL_SITE = http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/efl
 EFL_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause, LGPL-2.1+, GPL-2.0+, FTL, MIT
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ EFL_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON),libxkbcommon)
 # json evas loader is disabled by default by upstream.
 # Disable libspectre (ps).
 # Keep all other evas loader enabled or handled below.
-EFL_EVAS_LOADERS_DISABLER = avif gst json ps
+EFL_EVAS_LOADERS_DISABLER = avif gst heif json ps
 
 # efl already depends on jpeg.
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_JPEG),y)
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ HOST_EFL_DEPENDENCIES = \
 # Configure options:
 # audio=false: remove libsndfile dependency.
 # eeze=false: remove libudev dependency.
+# input=false: remove libinput dependency.
 # libmount=false: remove dependency on host-util-linux libmount.
 # elua=true: build elua for the host.
 # physics=false: remove Bullet dependency.
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ HOST_EFL_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-Dglib=true \
 	-Dgstreamer=false \
 	-Dharfbuzz=false \
+	-Dinput=false \
 	-Dlibmount=false \
 	-Dlua-interpreter=luajit \
 	-Dnetwork-backend=none \
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ HOST_EFL_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-Dxinput22=false
 
 # List of modular image/vector loaders to disable in efl
-HOST_EFL_EVAS_LOADERS_DISABLER = avif bmp dds eet generic gst ico json \
+HOST_EFL_EVAS_LOADERS_DISABLER = avif bmp dds eet generic gst heif ico json \
 	jp2k pdf pmaps ps psd raw rsvg tga tgv tiff wbmp webp xcf xpm
 
 HOST_EFL_CONF_OPTS += -Devas-loaders-disabler=$(subst $(space),$(comma),$(HOST_EFL_EVAS_LOADERS_DISABLER))