diff --git a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash
index 03c71db8a5..1b4d8f5632 100644
--- a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash
+++ b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # sha256 locally computed
-sha256  db42d52097d43fa797c29f9ce1493d7356f192dd0c2590ec56f36022252c284b  python-web2py-2.24.1.tar.gz
+sha256  d5d79f6260ec9f53f90447ad59313a8fac0571fce0018aa5f6fcf95d28c04382  python-web2py-2.26.1.tar.gz
 sha256  2aae96826184a492bc799add49aed7b29036e7aba2d2294fb65053bd30fe55fe  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
index 91c041f6f2..fe7774fc2b 100644
--- a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
+++ b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION = 2.24.1
+PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION = 2.26.1
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_SITE = $(call github,web2py,web2py,v$(PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION))
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE