diff --git a/libports/lib/mk/zlib.mk b/libports/lib/mk/zlib.mk
index 079fae853..eab817d12 100644
--- a/libports/lib/mk/zlib.mk
+++ b/libports/lib/mk/zlib.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ZLIB     = zlib-1.2.5
+ZLIB     = zlib-1.2.6
 ZLIB_DIR = $(REP_DIR)/contrib/$(ZLIB)
 LIBS    += libc
 INC_DIR += $(ZLIB_DIR)
diff --git a/libports/ports/zlib.mk b/libports/ports/zlib.mk
index 03f8eef62..83aed2ae6 100644
--- a/libports/ports/zlib.mk
+++ b/libports/ports/zlib.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ZLIB     = zlib-1.2.5
+ZLIB     = zlib-1.2.6
 ZLIB_TGZ = $(ZLIB).tar.gz
 ZLIB_URL = http://zlib.net/$(ZLIB_TGZ)