diff --git a/Formula/minicom.rb b/Formula/minicom.rb
index 2694344187..281e1c85c9 100644
--- a/Formula/minicom.rb
+++ b/Formula/minicom.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 require 'formula'
 
 class Minicom < Formula
-  url 'http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3195/minicom-2.4.tar.gz'
+  url 'http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3700/minicom-2.6.1.tar.gz'
   homepage 'http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/'
-  md5 '700976a3c2dcc8bbd50ab9bb1c08837b'
+  md5 '435fb410a5bfa9bb20d4248b3ca53529'
 
   def install
     # There is a silly bug in the Makefile where it forgets to link to iconv. Workaround below.