diff --git a/srcpkgs/task/patches/cmake-ninja.patch b/srcpkgs/task/patches/cmake-ninja.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65e1c2b9d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/task/patches/cmake-ninja.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+single $ produce syntax error in build.ninja. these custom_target are
+not required anyway
+
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -165,17 +165,6 @@
+   install (FILES ${doc_FILE}  DESTINATION ${TASK_DOCDIR})
+ endforeach (doc_FILE)
+ 
+-add_custom_command(OUTPUT run-review
+-    COMMAND docker build -q --build-arg PR=$(PR) --build-arg LIBPR=$(LIBPR) -t taskwarrior-review:$(PR)s$(LIBPR) - < scripts/review-dockerfile
+-    COMMAND docker run --rm --memory 1g --hostname pr-$(PR)s$(LIBPR) -it taskwarrior-review:$(PR)s$(LIBPR) bash || :
+-)
+-add_custom_target(review DEPENDS run-review)
+-
+-add_custom_command(OUTPUT run-reproduce
+-    COMMAND docker build -q --build-arg RELEASE=$(RELEASE) -t taskwarrior-reproduce:$(RELEASE) - < scripts/reproduce-dockerfile
+-    COMMAND docker run --rm --memory 1g --hostname tw-$(RELEASE) -it taskwarrior-reproduce:$(RELEASE) bash || :
+-)
+-add_custom_target(reproduce DEPENDS run-reproduce)
+ 
+ # ---
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/task/template b/srcpkgs/task/template
index 024553ea2ca..0a6bee1bb87 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/task/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/task/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'task'
 pkgname=task
-version=2.5.3
+version=2.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 makedepends="libuuid-devel gnutls-devel"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://taskwarrior.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior/releases/download/v${version}/task-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7243d75e0911d9e2c9119ad94a61a87f041e4053e197f7280c42410aa1ee963b
+checksum=00aa6032b3d8379a5cfa29afb66d2b0703a69e3d1fea733d225d654dbcb0084f
 
 post_install() {
 	vcompletion scripts/zsh/_task zsh