diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 23ebf303..d0a803ab 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [unreleased] - XXXX-XX-XX
+### Changes
+- Update Nginx to 1.26.1
 
 ## [1.11] - 2024-05-29
 ### Changes
diff --git a/nginx-heroku-20.tgz b/nginx-heroku-20.tgz
index ee0e5f63..e9d5c0c6 100644
Binary files a/nginx-heroku-20.tgz and b/nginx-heroku-20.tgz differ
diff --git a/nginx-heroku-22.tgz b/nginx-heroku-22.tgz
index e387f9fa..518ed09c 100644
Binary files a/nginx-heroku-22.tgz and b/nginx-heroku-22.tgz differ
diff --git a/nginx-heroku-24-amd64.tgz b/nginx-heroku-24-amd64.tgz
index e9a4a8f4..9064af47 100644
Binary files a/nginx-heroku-24-amd64.tgz and b/nginx-heroku-24-amd64.tgz differ
diff --git a/nginx-heroku-24-arm64.tgz b/nginx-heroku-24-arm64.tgz
index 5a235df3..d8075a23 100644
Binary files a/nginx-heroku-24-arm64.tgz and b/nginx-heroku-24-arm64.tgz differ
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 6a1ac86d..760a6b5d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ These are auto-selected based on the app's stack at build time.
 
 | Heroku Stack | Nginx Version | PCRE version |
 |--------------|--------------:|-------------:|
-| `Heroku-20` | `1.26.0` | PCRE1 (8.x) |
-| `Heroku-22` | `1.26.0` | PCRE1 (8.x) |
-| `Heroku-24` | `1.26.0` | PCRE2 (10.x) |
+| `Heroku-20` | `1.26.1` | PCRE1 (8.x) |
+| `Heroku-22` | `1.26.1` | PCRE1 (8.x) |
+| `Heroku-24` | `1.26.1` | PCRE2 (10.x) |
 
 ## Presets
 
diff --git a/scripts/build_nginx b/scripts/build_nginx
index b23d6fd2..b78c11aa 100755
--- a/scripts/build_nginx
+++ b/scripts/build_nginx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 # fail harder
 set -eu
 
-NGINX_VERSION=${NGINX_VERSION-1.26.0}
+NGINX_VERSION=${NGINX_VERSION-1.26.1}
 HEADERS_MORE_VERSION=${HEADERS_MORE_VERSION-0.37}
 UUID4_VERSION=${UUID4_VERSION-f8f7ff44e6a8c6cf75232ae4b63d011f2f3b34c1}