diff --git a/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml b/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml
index 7cdcd4fa59..be11e29ef3 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/sysstat.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
   <!ENTITY sysstat-download-http "http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/sysstat-&sysstat-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY sysstat-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum        "b5285229def359df476a832f03942a9d">
-  <!ENTITY sysstat-size          "860 KB">
+  <!ENTITY sysstat-md5sum        "3e36e441d36d19349547a44eb26e5090">
+  <!ENTITY sysstat-size          "864 KB">
   <!ENTITY sysstat-buildsize     "27 MB">
   <!ENTITY sysstat-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 6cfb7dcfda..42d0588b49 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>May 30th, 2022</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sysstat-12.6.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16602">#16602</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mutter-42.2. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16605">#16605</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index bade4e4140..b9e417ecb2 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY redland-version              "1.0.17">
 <!ENTITY sg3_utils-version            "1.47">
 <!ENTITY strigi-version               "0.7.8">
-<!ENTITY sysstat-version              "12.5.6">
+<!ENTITY sysstat-version              "12.6.0">
 <!ENTITY systemd-version              "251">
 <!ENTITY udisks-version               "1.0.5">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY udisks2-version              "2.9.4">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->