diff --git a/package/lzip/lzip.hash b/package/lzip/lzip.hash
index ec8a86b29f..64829c3ce7 100644
--- a/package/lzip/lzip.hash
+++ b/package/lzip/lzip.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lzip-bug/2025-01/msg00012.html
-sha256  09418a6d8fb83f5113f5bd856e09703df5d37bae0308c668d0f346e3d3f0a56f  lzip-1.25.tar.gz
+# From https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lzip-bug/2026-03/msg00005.html
+sha256  641cf30961525cbe3b340cc883436c8854e9f5032f459f444de4782b621e6572  lzip-1.26.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  022e9c2e9cc1aac3622313df6f971fbb39c1d1b0cb45324c16b8a1fe231c5ea6  COPYING
diff --git a/package/lzip/lzip.mk b/package/lzip/lzip.mk
index 9c8c54a8b1..de8cbf038f 100644
--- a/package/lzip/lzip.mk
+++ b/package/lzip/lzip.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LZIP_VERSION = 1.25
+LZIP_VERSION = 1.26
 LZIP_SITE = http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip
 LZIP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 LZIP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING