diff --git a/net/haproxy/Makefile b/net/haproxy/Makefile
index 727e1a0d4..3b882d954 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/haproxy/Makefile
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=haproxy
-PKG_VERSION:=2.4.17
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.haproxy.org/download/2.4/src
-PKG_HASH:=416ca95d51bb57eaea0d6657c06a760faa63473dca10ac6f9e68b994088d73f4
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.haproxy.org/download/2.6/src
+PKG_HASH:=915b351e6450d183342c4cdcda7771eac4f0f72bf90582adcd15a01c700d29b1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>, \
 		Christian Lachner <gladiac@gmail.com>
diff --git a/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh b/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
index 45ba653a0..3f2ec3ada 100755
--- a/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
+++ b/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-CLONEURL=https://git.haproxy.org/git/haproxy-2.4.git
-BASE_TAG=v2.4.17
+CLONEURL=https://git.haproxy.org/git/haproxy-2.6.git
+BASE_TAG=v2.6.1
 TMP_REPODIR=tmprepo
 PATCHESDIR=patches