diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libarchive b/config/rootfiles/common/libarchive
index e1c76269b..c939d74f4 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libarchive
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libarchive
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #usr/lib/libarchive.la
 #usr/lib/libarchive.so
 usr/lib/libarchive.so.13
-usr/lib/libarchive.so.13.5.2
+usr/lib/libarchive.so.13.6.0
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc
 #usr/share/man/man1/bsdcat.1
 #usr/share/man/man1/bsdcpio.1
diff --git a/lfs/libarchive b/lfs/libarchive
index a9618c2b5..29bde8d60 100644
--- a/lfs/libarchive
+++ b/lfs/libarchive
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 3.5.2
+VER        = 3.6.0
 
 THISAPP    = libarchive-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 2ba9f1f8c169aa9caf8e2d34dde323be
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 93f96acdb9e7277278edb154e5d76e49
 
 install : $(TARGET)