diff --git a/package/execline/execline.hash b/package/execline/execline.hash
index cef4959bda..ac6239e86d 100644
--- a/package/execline/execline.hash
+++ b/package/execline/execline.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally generated
-sha256 05205c6869ae65a51c63d0e805572573806f6474aa21e12c49dd5654d3ceed33  execline-2.5.3.0.tar.gz
-sha256 d8e17a6418d26867c13801810903a1f78beac8cfe8f92c2a85afe59f3c3fc48c  COPYING
+sha256  a24c76f097ff44fe50b63b89bcde5d6ba9a481aecddbe88ee01b0e5a7b314556  execline-2.6.1.0.tar.gz
+sha256  5443ac67e8d74ac614ced7bc64211ce90ccedb7778a68bfe9e68a8b234c9503e  COPYING
diff --git a/package/execline/execline.mk b/package/execline/execline.mk
index 74ad91e4a8..e2423e9536 100644
--- a/package/execline/execline.mk
+++ b/package/execline/execline.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-EXECLINE_VERSION = 2.5.3.0
+EXECLINE_VERSION = 2.6.1.0
 EXECLINE_SITE = http://skarnet.org/software/execline
 EXECLINE_LICENSE = ISC
 EXECLINE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING