diff --git a/package/libeastl/0001-cmake-patch-EABase-to-fix-build-with-cmake-4.patch b/package/libeastl/0001-cmake-patch-EABase-to-fix-build-with-cmake-4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4544073be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libeastl/0001-cmake-patch-EABase-to-fix-build-with-cmake-4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From d2374930c45ecf117b08df0ffa5c1611867f6d92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
+Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:26:22 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] cmake: patch EABase to fix build with cmake 4+
+
+FetchContent_Declare overwrites extracted source files during configure.
+
+Upstream: Not applicable (Buildroot specific)
+(sent PR for version bump: https://github.com/electronicarts/EABase/pull/18)
+
+Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 0124dc7..f76df69 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
+   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/electronicarts/EABase.git
+   GIT_TAG        0699a15efdfd20b6cecf02153bfa5663decb653c
+   GIT_SUBMODULES "" # This should be temporary until we update the cyclic submodule dependencies in EABase.
++  PATCH_COMMAND sed -i "s/make_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)/make_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)/" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/_deps/eabase-src/CMakeLists.txt"
+ )
+ 
+ FetchContent_MakeAvailable(EABase)
+-- 
+2.47.3
+
diff --git a/package/libeastl/libeastl.hash b/package/libeastl/libeastl.hash
index c7ba6da09f..3424fd5951 100644
--- a/package/libeastl/libeastl.hash
+++ b/package/libeastl/libeastl.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-sha256  9b3484553812b3ec3bad0857f7f675499c81f7cf4ac87e5f3b2acbe72e3a878a  libeastl-45469730d641868ce05433fff2e199510c7d45c3.tar.gz
-sha256  82c0243a1a62b8af01dab3bce6ed2b0852604bd508b85a561ba7d32480e598e3  LICENSE
+# Locally computed
+sha256  fce43bf443f5569b00a8deae735394ea0b16f6c3f96867a17ded50775ffcdd12  libeastl-3.27.01.tar.gz
+sha256  cebc1fa5ade455a79f821180cf86bf5f9717dd1df5704b4c2a3bb0617ab35f2a  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libeastl/libeastl.mk b/package/libeastl/libeastl.mk
index 0559dd856d..15feaf9847 100644
--- a/package/libeastl/libeastl.mk
+++ b/package/libeastl/libeastl.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBEASTL_VERSION = 45469730d641868ce05433fff2e199510c7d45c3
+LIBEASTL_VERSION = 3.27.01
 LIBEASTL_SITE = $(call github,electronicarts,EASTL,$(LIBEASTL_VERSION))
 LIBEASTL_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LIBEASTL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE