diff --git a/package/swupdate/0001-build-fix-no-crypto-configuration-link-failure.patch b/package/swupdate/0001-build-fix-no-crypto-configuration-link-failure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 15f33aa3ab..0000000000
--- a/package/swupdate/0001-build-fix-no-crypto-configuration-link-failure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-From 4e7c2f6c4b978efae69d777705de84411a01c147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:23:58 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] build: fix no-crypto configuration link failure
-
-When no crypto backend is selected, the crypto directory contributes
-no objects, so this kbuild variant does not generate
-crypto/built-in.o.
-
-The top-level build still linked that file unconditionally, causing
-the final link to fail.
-
-Introduce a hidden SWUPDATE_CRYPTO helper selected by the Kconfig
-options that actually populate crypto/, and only descend into the
-crypto directory when that helper is enabled.
-
-Upstream: https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/commit/10334fb21796b75f3a1208a3d5a98a307712218b
-Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
-Signed-off-by: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com>
----
- Makefile       | 3 ++-
- crypto/Kconfig | 5 +++++
- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index aa9604aa..759fd191 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ include $(srctree)/Makefile.flags
- # This allow a user to issue only 'make' to build a kernel including modules
- # Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
- 
--objs-y		:= core handlers crypto bootloader suricatta
-+objs-y		:= core handlers bootloader suricatta
-+objs-$(CONFIG_SWUPDATE_CRYPTO) += crypto
- libs-y		:= corelib mongoose parser fs containers
- bindings-y	:= bindings
- tools-y		:= tools
-diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
-index 4b9db821..cc953542 100644
---- a/crypto/Kconfig
-+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
-@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ menu "Crypto libraries"
- 		depends on HAVE_GPGME
- endmenu
- 
-+config SWUPDATE_CRYPTO
-+	bool
-+
- config HASH_VERIFY
- 	bool "Allow to add sha256 hash to each image"
- 	depends on SSL_IMPL_OPENSSL || SSL_IMPL_WOLFSSL || SSL_IMPL_MBEDTLS
-+	select SWUPDATE_CRYPTO
- 	help
- 	  Allow to add a sha256 hash to an artifact.
- 	  This is automatically set in case of Signed Image
-@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ menu "Encryption"
- config ENCRYPTED_IMAGES
- 	bool "Images can be encrypted with a symmetric key"
- 	depends on SSL_IMPL_OPENSSL || SSL_IMPL_WOLFSSL || SSL_IMPL_MBEDTLS
-+	select SWUPDATE_CRYPTO
- comment "Image encryption needs an SSL implementation"
- 	depends on !SSL_IMPL_OPENSSL && !SSL_IMPL_WOLFSSL && !SSL_IMPL_MBEDTLS
- 
--- 
-2.47.3
-
diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.hash b/package/swupdate/swupdate.hash
index b3f43648f8..06583ade35 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.hash
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  8517f3730eeb66e20e651b881dd4b9c10ca9ae05e3883db59b5df18ab1eaa533  swupdate-2025.12.tar.gz
+sha256  fd70cdfc7224b4209f5f657c3d6052688412325ea5d4e9e792575fa22eb65cef  swupdate-2026.05.tar.gz
 sha256  4cf04ed34ff0ebbf5c71345b56e6af5093fc17206364cca0ebbae92ef3940683  LICENSES/BSD-1-Clause.txt
 sha256  e27a3e87706b3aa5ff2e50eaafe2e6ed5397fbf2d7679eaf444a6d000518a3a6  LICENSES/BSD-3-Clause.txt
 sha256  0558101984550fa84d1d13c2af11d116c20079d2be58711e8d99cadce7009192  LICENSES/CC0-1.0.txt
diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
index b2778d2aec..983cd6eccc 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SWUPDATE_VERSION = 2025.12
+SWUPDATE_VERSION = 2026.05
 SWUPDATE_SITE = $(call github,sbabic,swupdate,$(SWUPDATE_VERSION))
 SWUPDATE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+, MIT, ISC, BSD-1-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, CC0-1.0, CC-BY-SA-4.0, OFL-1.1
 SWUPDATE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSES/BSD-1-Clause.txt \