diff --git a/package/libblockdev/0001-Provide-replacement-function-for-strerror_l.patch b/package/libblockdev/0001-Provide-replacement-function-for-strerror_l.patch
index 018e4c4489..d5c9b2dfdb 100644
--- a/package/libblockdev/0001-Provide-replacement-function-for-strerror_l.patch
+++ b/package/libblockdev/0001-Provide-replacement-function-for-strerror_l.patch
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ so let's provide a simple replacement function that falls back on
 strerror().
 
 Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
+[Upstream status:
+https://github.com/storaged-project/libblockdev/pull/701]
 ---
  configure.ac         | 2 ++
  src/plugins/crypto.c | 7 +++++++
diff --git a/package/libblockdev/0002-exec-Fix-deprecated-glib-function-call.patch b/package/libblockdev/0002-exec-Fix-deprecated-glib-function-call.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c370a133f..0000000000
--- a/package/libblockdev/0002-exec-Fix-deprecated-glib-function-call.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From aad927a81fd9067865dc391c5bbff12ac51a0002 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Manuel Wassermann <manuel.wassermann97@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 04:45:49 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] exec: Fix deprecated glib function call Glib will rename
- "g_spawn_check_exit_status()" to "g_spawn_check_wait_status()" in version
- 2.69.
-
-[Retrieved from:
-https://github.com/storaged-project/libblockdev/commit/aad927a81fd9067865dc391c5bbff12ac51a0002]
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- src/utils/exec.c | 7 ++++++-
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/utils/exec.c b/src/utils/exec.c
-index 317fb5525..8faeb289c 100644
---- a/src/utils/exec.c
-+++ b/src/utils/exec.c
-@@ -236,7 +236,12 @@ gboolean bd_utils_exec_and_report_status_error (const gchar **argv, const BDExtr
-     /* g_spawn_sync set the status in the same way waitpid() does, we need
-        to get the process exit code manually (this is similar to calling
-        WEXITSTATUS but also sets the error for terminated processes */
--    if (!g_spawn_check_exit_status (exit_status, error)) {
-+
-+    #if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 69, 0)
-+    #define g_spawn_check_wait_status(x,y) (g_spawn_check_exit_status (x,y))
-+    #endif
-+
-+    if (!g_spawn_check_wait_status (exit_status, error)) {
-         if (g_error_matches (*error, G_SPAWN_ERROR, G_SPAWN_ERROR_FAILED)) {
-             /* process was terminated abnormally (e.g. using a signal) */
-             g_free (stdout_data);
diff --git a/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.hash b/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.hash
index 101b99f1a8..53a3b0737f 100644
--- a/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.hash
+++ b/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  555aa42a2db39649ad83253bdc902ab5bd63d39c123e0c8055c4de7fe7571668  libblockdev-2.25.tar.gz
+sha256  c4c0e10b35ac632bda8ce6d200b5601184984dec387fe59185921eb42432e069  libblockdev-2.26.tar.gz
 sha256  97bdc721d875501b6243a456333fdfdb1ab64d31c4da2554de845caf4674b946  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.mk b/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.mk
index 39ae9230d9..36b74966fb 100644
--- a/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.mk
+++ b/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBBLOCKDEV_VERSION = 2.25
+LIBBLOCKDEV_VERSION = 2.26
 LIBBLOCKDEV_SITE = https://github.com/storaged-project/libblockdev/releases/download/$(LIBBLOCKDEV_VERSION)-1
 LIBBLOCKDEV_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1
 LIBBLOCKDEV_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE