diff --git a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.hash b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.hash
index bc5199cb5a..6208d7749c 100644
--- a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.hash
+++ b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki/Releases
-sha256 33af9f3eb19135a7e6536ecd3fbb9686323000016cd51eb88346346ed7546001  checkpolicy-2.5.tar.gz
+sha256 0bebd18688ca8027b1b3b4ff1532c0626f1fe49883ae6cb74d9d385940e74157  checkpolicy-2.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
index a21b39e766..8328b39ad0 100644
--- a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
+++ b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CHECKPOLICY_VERSION = 2.5
-CHECKPOLICY_SITE = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20160223
+CHECKPOLICY_VERSION = 2.6
+CHECKPOLICY_SITE = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20161014
 CHECKPOLICY_LICENSE = GPLv2
 CHECKPOLICY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING