diff --git a/templates/libarchive/template b/templates/libarchive/template
index b6569113f04..1bf74247055 100644
--- a/templates/libarchive/template
+++ b/templates/libarchive/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'libarchive'
 pkgname=libarchive
 sourcepkg=libarchive
-version=2.6.1
+version=2.6.2
 distfiles="http://libarchive.googlecode.com/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="Library to read/write tar, cpio, pax, zip, iso9660, etc."
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=4d0ad4e5c33aa9725c7d92a42ae605815781372db949cd9906945e6c0d85c179
+checksum=48c27c0ce12e1363e6f7dd87ee5cf65aaad6ebbaa502791e9aa548d1523ebbb1
 long_desc="
  Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several
  different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants,