diff --git a/admin/monit/Makefile b/admin/monit/Makefile
index 346b092a5..76cf8e5a0 100644
--- a/admin/monit/Makefile
+++ b/admin/monit/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=monit
-PKG_VERSION:=5.25.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=5.26.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://mmonit.com/monit/dist
-PKG_HASH:=aa0ce6361d1155e43e30a86dcff00b2003d434f221c360981ced830275abc64a
+PKG_HASH:=87fc4568a3af9a2be89040efb169e3a2e47b262f99e78d5ddde99dd89f02f3c2
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=AGPL-3.0
diff --git a/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch b/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
index f379b7770..571c432bb 100644
--- a/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
+++ b/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -14390,14 +14390,7 @@ fi
+@@ -14436,14 +14436,7 @@ fi
  # Find the right directory to put the root-mode PID file in
  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking pid file location" >&5
  $as_echo_n "checking pid file location... " >&6; }
@@ -16,3 +16,21 @@
  
  
  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -501,14 +501,7 @@ fi
+ 
+ # Find the right directory to put the root-mode PID file in
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([pid file location])
+-if test -d "/run"
+-then
+-	piddir="/run"
+-elif test -d "/var/run"; then
+-        piddir="/var/run"
+-elif test -d "/etc"; then
+-        piddir="/etc"
+-fi
++piddir="/var/run"
+ 
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PIDDIR], "$piddir",
+ 	  [Define to the pid storage directory.])
diff --git a/admin/monit/patches/010-openssl-thread-api.patch b/admin/monit/patches/010-openssl-thread-api.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d67b6cc63..000000000
--- a/admin/monit/patches/010-openssl-thread-api.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/ssl/Ssl.c
-+++ b/src/ssl/Ssl.c
-@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ static boolean_t _retry(int socket, int
- 
- 
- #if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
--static unsigned long _threadID() {
--        return (unsigned long)Thread_self();
-+static void _threadID(CRYPTO_THREADID *id) {
-+        CRYPTO_THREADID_set_numeric(id, (unsigned long)Thread_self());
- }
- 
- 
-@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ void Ssl_start() {
-         instanceMutexTable = CALLOC(locks, sizeof(Mutex_T));
-         for (int i = 0; i < locks; i++)
-                 Mutex_init(instanceMutexTable[i]);
--        CRYPTO_set_id_callback(_threadID);
-+        CRYPTO_THREADID_set_callback(_threadID);
-         CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(_mutexLock);
- #endif
-         if (File_exist(URANDOM_DEVICE))
-@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ void Ssl_start() {
- 
- void Ssl_stop() {
- #if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
--        CRYPTO_set_id_callback(NULL);
-+        CRYPTO_THREADID_set_callback(NULL);
-         CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(NULL);
-         for (int i = 0; i < CRYPTO_num_locks(); i++)
-                 Mutex_destroy(instanceMutexTable[i]);
-@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void Ssl_stop() {
- 
- void Ssl_threadCleanup() {
- #if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
--        ERR_remove_state(0);
-+        ERR_remove_thread_state(NULL);
- #endif
- }
-