diff --git a/srcpkgs/ferm/template b/srcpkgs/ferm/template
index 0ea3f9820e7..3b623d0dd0c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ferm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ferm/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'ferm'
 pkgname=ferm
-version=2.5.1
-revision=2
+version=2.6
+revision=1
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 depends="perl iptables"
 short_desc="Frontend for iptables"
 maintainer="johannes <johannes.brechtmann@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/"
-distfiles="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/download/2.5/ferm-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=4b2ebf0f7e0d8d839d4e6d21ffd2aa1936df919eae3227b257afeb41844e942b
+distfiles="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/download/${version:0:3}/ferm-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=689541465e7c073cbd604c9cd18f113c31c0b41bb12614726a59b17e44058885
 
 do_install() {
 	make install PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr