diff --git a/package/git/git.hash b/package/git/git.hash
index c669d5351e..5abf5180fb 100644
--- a/package/git/git.hash
+++ b/package/git/git.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # From: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/sha256sums.asc
-sha256 124d29d857a1282fd2111cf4a021f156e8bae917f455b4551b2aea87f0453a1a  git-2.5.3.tar.xz
+sha256 211beb96ff41a83727e39704431ac388ecb1cebb5219cda067999bce4e1e15a6  git-2.6.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/git/git.mk b/package/git/git.mk
index 720528eff7..43a43974fa 100644
--- a/package/git/git.mk
+++ b/package/git/git.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GIT_VERSION = 2.5.3
+GIT_VERSION = 2.6.0
 GIT_SOURCE = git-$(GIT_VERSION).tar.xz
 GIT_SITE = https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git
 GIT_LICENSE = GPLv2 LGPLv2.1+