diff --git a/srcpkgs/grep/template b/srcpkgs/grep/template
index 20730df663d..5bee8e4a1e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grep/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'grep'.
 pkgname=grep
-version=2.5.4
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=2.6
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-perl-regexp"
 short_desc="The GNU grep utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=0abec64e01458fbd032e33351d8071602a959529ea796965e98338ee83a40020
+checksum=2d0550a1f4578b7778adebadb047f90b2bd62b289e192662b7f2f3ee2ea0d9f2
 long_desc="
  GNU grep is based on a fast lazy-state deterministic matcher (about twice
  as fast as stock Unix egrep) hybridized with a Boyer-Moore-Gosper search for