diff --git a/lfs/fort-validator b/lfs/fort-validator
index b314fa34f..bbcf0153d 100644
--- a/lfs/fort-validator
+++ b/lfs/fort-validator
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include Config
 
 SUMMARY    = Fort RPKI validator
 
-VER        = 1.6.7
+VER        = 1.6.8
 
 THISAPP    = fort-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 PROG       = fort-validator
-PAK_VER    = 2
+PAK_VER    = 3
 
 DEPS       = rsync
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 95273f7fb8a7f57eee28e1dd2cef558f9bbae96106394651a1d092fa64c8953f55797c91a23c0c108133114699cb04fca2ae137795a3378ec03a2fc627e2efde
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = b40b300bd79cc9f481b55306e1e81f883814f992c0bc7334b8108a00b2b9141a1e6919f342e3945d809e32c912ec2e69b63acbfaa184b10d44ce7880139492dd
 
 install : $(TARGET)