diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
index e0b96406cc..b47f470020 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  caea3d032a46c4855ff818637884c7f5719ad228b79387b62ee023c8fbef17b4  libxcrypt-4.4.25.tar.gz
-sha256  3c1ff7a7c9da111853ada463c54b65b42b7b1d3d6592dd527281db0827331d77  LICENSING
+sha256  e8a544dd19171c1e6191a6044c96cc31496d781ba08b5a00f53310d001d58114  libxcrypt-4.4.26.tar.gz
+sha256  cead8b3d94a143f64ccb571ada1cea47a70a0b847c8d95306e8d78ed68951f3d  LICENSING
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
index 4627d21b62..3c98b30dd5 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.25
+LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.26
 LIBXCRYPT_SITE = $(call github,besser82,libxcrypt,v$(LIBXCRYPT_VERSION))
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSING COPYING.LIB