diff --git a/packages/pigz/build.sh b/packages/pigz/build.sh
index 809fef954..33fe8b92f 100644
--- a/packages/pigz/build.sh
+++ b/packages/pigz/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.zlib.net/pigz
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Parallel implementation of the gzip file compressor"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="ZLIB"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.5
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.6
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.zlib.net/pigz/pigz-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=a006645702caaecace633a89eb5c371482b44a48d04f34e0058e2b85d75d4c36
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=2eed7b0d7449d1d70903f2a62cd6005d262eb3a8c9e98687bc8cbb5809db2a7d
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true