diff --git a/net/aria2/Makefile b/net/aria2/Makefile
index b88e26c71f..d916fcae47 100644
--- a/net/aria2/Makefile
+++ b/net/aria2/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=aria2
-PKG_VERSION:=1.25.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.26.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-$(PKG_VERSION)/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=edc7f20ba182cec30384489fd3dfe135
+PKG_MD5SUM:=56bb101f02a01a02210c832d6e2d2f8d
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>, Hsing-Wang Liao <kuoruan@gmail.com>