diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 1c7cd58436d..fb9270dfff7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'git'
 pkgname=git
-version=2.26.0
+version=2.26.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --with-tcltk --with-libpcre2"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://git-scm.com/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/${version}.txt"
 distfiles="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9ece0dcb07a5e0d7366a92b613b201cca11ae368ab7687041364b3e756e495d6
+checksum=888228408f254634330234df3cece734d190ef6381063821f31ec020538f0368
 replaces="git-perl>=0"
 register_shell=/usr/bin/git-shell