diff --git a/srcpkgs/bison/template b/srcpkgs/bison/template
index af198ad08c6..dce2cd3144c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bison/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bison/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'bison'.
 pkgname=bison
-version=2.5.1
+version=2.6
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 depends="m4"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=fec90caed650270484955ba6ee73ddb01186608799a27fcaaf868e5274c030d8
+checksum=6dde6668484acb66267c74174f0cf850bd1be01f6e94850b9bd86ea2046a87a1
 long_desc="
  Bison is the GNU replacement for yacc(1). Some programs depend on
  extensions present in Bison."