diff --git a/utils/attr/Makefile b/utils/attr/Makefile
index 4ddc73988d91bf..e88c3dfd203409 100644
--- a/utils/attr/Makefile
+++ b/utils/attr/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=attr
-PKG_VERSION:=2.5.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SAVANNAH/attr
-PKG_HASH:=f2e97b0ab7ce293681ab701915766190d607a1dba7fae8a718138150b700a70b
+PKG_HASH:=6c8a2148a7b85043b68492bce43316b0e2e214fc4e628c7ede078e76e216330b
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Maxim Storchak <m.storchak@gmail.com>
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:attr_project:attr
diff --git a/utils/attr/patches/200-basename.patch b/utils/attr/patches/200-basename.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 81c3112143f347..00000000000000
--- a/utils/attr/patches/200-basename.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/tools/attr.c
-+++ b/tools/attr.c
-@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <string.h>
-+#include <libgen.h>
- #include <locale.h>
- 
- #include <attr/attributes.h>