diff --git a/srcpkgs/grep/template b/srcpkgs/grep/template
index 5bee8e4a1e5..03273581697 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grep/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'grep'.
 pkgname=grep
-version=2.6
+version=2.6.1
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-perl-regexp"
 short_desc="The GNU grep utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=2d0550a1f4578b7778adebadb047f90b2bd62b289e192662b7f2f3ee2ea0d9f2
+checksum=2d0d29431c4fdaa62fc1d9b9bfac65d7ba7a559077d35d7cef12fb9be3d80d78
 long_desc="
  GNU grep is based on a fast lazy-state deterministic matcher (about twice
  as fast as stock Unix egrep) hybridized with a Boyer-Moore-Gosper search for