diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template b/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
index 800dc6e3d3..bfba4dc5fa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libbytesize'
 pkgname=libbytesize
-version=2.5
-revision=2
+version=2.6
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="gettext python3"
 makedepends="mpfr-devel pcre2-devel"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/storaged-project/libbytesize"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/storaged-project/libbytesize/master/NEWS.rst"
 distfiles="https://github.com/storaged-project/libbytesize/releases/download/${version}/libbytesize-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6305addae2b7be313dbfc36b96094ec0544d5144859ab4a5685ca6d314d6fdda
+checksum=efaa2b35b2bb3b52bf7b4ff5d0ed2c5c61360a5196053808d615dd0aa2cf0741
 # checks fails in libbytesize_unittest.sh
 make_check=no