diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
index a38c7fcdd1e..ccd0d755e8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gnutar-1.25";
+  name = "gnutar-1.26";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/tar/tar-1.25.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0js9b1jd93kjk6dgf40y2fpgpnix247rk5aws2mjgwz0p10wxxpk";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/tar/tar-1.26.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0hbdkzmchq9ycr2x1pxqdcgdbaxksh8c6ac0jf75jajhcks6jlss";
   };
 
   meta = {