diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom-2.5/gcc4-scope.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom-2.6.1/gcc4-scope.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom-2.5/gcc4-scope.patch
rename to meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom-2.6.1/gcc4-scope.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom-2.5/rename-conflicting-functions.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom-2.6.1/rename-conflicting-functions.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom-2.5/rename-conflicting-functions.patch
rename to meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom-2.6.1/rename-conflicting-functions.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.5.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.6.1.bb
similarity index 75%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.5.bb
rename to meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.6.1.bb
index 8e93d4d493..3a9f9340dd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.6.1.bb
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=420477abc567404debca0a2a1cb6b645 \
                     file://src/minicom.h;beginline=1;endline=12;md5=a58838cb709f0db517f4e42730c49e81"
 
-SRC_URI = "http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3487/minicom-${PV}.tar.gz \
+SRC_URI = "http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3700/minicom-${PV}.tar.gz \
 	file://rename-conflicting-functions.patch \
 	"
 #	file://gcc4-scope.patch
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "a5117d4d21e2c9e825edb586ee2fe8d2"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "2aa43f98580d3c9c59b12895f15783695cde85472f6bfc7974bcc0935af0a8fd"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "435fb410a5bfa9bb20d4248b3ca53529"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a6e7bf533c3796f3a67a7d109f328d46497c687ed13885bd1be4ce0548fc4f56"
 
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