diff --git a/libs/libarchive/Makefile b/libs/libarchive/Makefile
index d871e88d..ead7b904 100644
--- a/libs/libarchive/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libarchive/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libarchive
-PKG_VERSION:=3.5.2
+PKG_VERSION:=3.6.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.libarchive.org/downloads
-PKG_HASH:=f0b19ff39c3c9a5898a219497ababbadab99d8178acc980155c7e1271089b5a0
+PKG_HASH:=5a411aceb978f43e626f0c2d1812ddd8807b645ed892453acabd532376c148e6
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Johannes Morgenroth <morgenroth@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause