diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
index ff05cb757066..3bd222edbd7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "singularity-${version}";
-  version = "2.5.2";
+  version = "2.6.0";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "singularityware";
     repo = "singularity";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "09wv8xagr5fjfhra5vyig0f1frfp97g99baqkh4avbzpg296q933";
+    sha256 = "0bi7acgppbkfbra8r29s1ldq02lazdww0z2h1rfvv8spr8dzzi94";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook makeWrapper ];