diff --git a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash
index 82a6214380..0c330b7792 100644
--- a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash
+++ b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_1.37.2-1.dsc
-sha1  1a721c2b4093a4e83dc091dc41a028f19340c1b3  fakeroot_1.37.2.orig.tar.gz
-sha256  0eea60fbe89771b88fcf415c8f2f0a6ccfe9edebbcf3ba5dc0212718d98884db  fakeroot_1.37.2.orig.tar.gz
+# From https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20260711T202405Z/pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_2.1.4-1.dsc
+sha1  9d55e62a34612316058166f7c528d9fc2f30c719  fakeroot_2.1.4.orig.tar.xz
+sha256  0822bd5a9f0cf19d2ba0546b88b0432d4d3d9917db62c57b74044ccadba06e49  fakeroot_2.1.4.orig.tar.xz
 # License files, locally calculated
 sha256  fc82ca8b6fdb18d4e3e85cfd8ab58d1bcd3f1b29abe782895abd91d64763f8e7  COPYING
diff --git a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
index 12d7f1c4a1..8354f994ee 100644
--- a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
+++ b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FAKEROOT_VERSION = 1.37.2
-FAKEROOT_SOURCE = fakeroot_$(FAKEROOT_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
-FAKEROOT_SITE = https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20260401T000000Z/pool/main/f/fakeroot
+FAKEROOT_VERSION = 2.1.4
+FAKEROOT_SOURCE = fakeroot_$(FAKEROOT_VERSION).orig.tar.xz
+FAKEROOT_SITE = https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20260711T202405Z/pool/main/f/fakeroot
 
 HOST_FAKEROOT_DEPENDENCIES = host-acl
 # Force capabilities detection off
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ HOST_FAKEROOT_CONF_ENV = \
 FAKEROOT_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 FAKEROOT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+# source archive does not contain pre-generated configure script
+FAKEROOT_AUTORECONF = YES
+
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))