diff --git a/net/kea/Makefile b/net/kea/Makefile
index c44c088e80..83147142ff 100644
--- a/net/kea/Makefile
+++ b/net/kea/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=kea
-PKG_VERSION:=2.4.0
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://ftp.isc.org/isc/kea/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=3a33cd08dc3319ff544e6bbf2c0429042106f4051ebe115dc1bb2625c95003f7
+PKG_HASH:=207ceae33eb3b81ec4e6ac5605249a85b93779333b62aadf39e489f11dbcdc8d
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=BangLang Huang <banglang.huang@foxmail.com>, Rosy Song <rosysong@rosinson.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MPL-2.0
diff --git a/net/kea/patches/003-no-test-compile.patch b/net/kea/patches/003-no-test-compile.patch
index d22badf04a..7fdd70d5bd 100644
--- a/net/kea/patches/003-no-test-compile.patch
+++ b/net/kea/patches/003-no-test-compile.patch
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 -SUBDIRS = . tests
 +SUBDIRS = .
  
- AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib
+ AM_CPPFLAGS  = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib
  AM_CPPFLAGS += $(BOOST_INCLUDES)
 --- a/src/lib/asiolink/Makefile.am
 +++ b/src/lib/asiolink/Makefile.am
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 --- a/src/lib/dhcp/Makefile.am
 +++ b/src/lib/dhcp/Makefile.am
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--SUBDIRS = . tests
+-SUBDIRS = . testutils tests
 +SUBDIRS = .
  
  AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib
@@ -256,16 +256,16 @@
 -SUBDIRS = . testutils tests
 +SUBDIRS = .
  
- AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib
- AM_CPPFLAGS += $(BOOST_INCLUDES) $(MYSQL_CPPFLAGS)
+ AM_CPPFLAGS  =
+ AM_CPPFLAGS += -DKEA_ADMIN=\"@prefix@/sbin/kea-admin\"
 --- a/src/lib/pgsql/Makefile.am
 +++ b/src/lib/pgsql/Makefile.am
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -SUBDIRS = . testutils tests
 +SUBDIRS = .
  
- AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib
- AM_CPPFLAGS += $(BOOST_INCLUDES) $(PGSQL_CPPFLAGS)
+ AM_CPPFLAGS  =
+ AM_CPPFLAGS += -DKEA_ADMIN=\"@prefix@/sbin/kea-admin\"
 --- a/src/lib/process/Makefile.am
 +++ b/src/lib/process/Makefile.am
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
diff --git a/net/kea/patches/004-replace-rev-with-awk.patch b/net/kea/patches/004-replace-rev-with-awk.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index db22903c04..0000000000
--- a/net/kea/patches/004-replace-rev-with-awk.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in
-+++ b/src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in
-@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ get_pid_from_file() {
-     # Extract the name portion (from last slash to last dot) of the config file name
-     # File name and extension are documented in src/lib/util/filename.h
-     local conf_name
--    conf_name=$(basename -- "${kea_config_file}" | rev | cut -f2- -d'.' | rev)
-+    conf_name=$(basename -- "${kea_config_file}" | awk '{for(i=length($0); i>0;i--) printf (substr($0,i,1));}' | cut -f2- -d'.' | awk '{for(i=length($0); i>0;i--) printf (substr($0,i,1));}')
- 
-     # Default the directory to --localstatedir / run
-     local pid_file_dir
diff --git a/net/kea/patches/004-use-shell-expansion-instead.patch b/net/kea/patches/004-use-shell-expansion-instead.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c583c5ec77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/kea/patches/004-use-shell-expansion-instead.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+commit 79f969979f2ac7ed73dbc2682a53c95ff84adb1a
+Author: Philip Prindeville <philipp@redfish-solutions.com>
+Date:   Sat Aug 3 10:19:05 2024 -0600
+
+    [3533] do filename munging with variable expansions
+
+--- a/src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in
++++ b/src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in
+@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ get_pid_from_file() {
+ 
+     # Extract the name portion (from last slash to last dot) of the config file name.
+     local conf_name
+-    conf_name=$(basename -- "${kea_config_file}" | rev | cut -f2- -d'.' | rev)
++    conf_name=${kea_config_file##*/}
++    conf_name=${conf_name%.*}
+ 
+     # Default the directory to --localstatedir / run
+     local pid_file_dir