diff --git a/network/aria2/aria2.SlackBuild b/network/aria2/aria2.SlackBuild
index 1854b3a13a..7fcbb43aaa 100644
--- a/network/aria2/aria2.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/aria2/aria2.SlackBuild
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=${PRGNAM:-aria2}
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.25.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.26.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/network/aria2/aria2.info b/network/aria2/aria2.info
index 96122eb107..cb03dc56bb 100644
--- a/network/aria2/aria2.info
+++ b/network/aria2/aria2.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="aria2"
-VERSION="1.25.0"
+VERSION="1.26.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://aria2.github.io/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/aria2/releases/download/release-1.25.0/aria2-1.25.0.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="d4e8843e7176dec9c688b880e4e5fdf0"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/aria2/releases/download/release-1.26.1/aria2-1.26.1.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="73a968125511c2271695156de9273565"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="c-ares"