diff --git a/Formula/gnu-tar.rb b/Formula/gnu-tar.rb
index c7680d0361f..9fc03d1fdda 100644
--- a/Formula/gnu-tar.rb
+++ b/Formula/gnu-tar.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ require 'formula'
 
 class GnuTar < Formula
   homepage 'http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/'
-  url 'http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/tar/tar-1.26.tar.gz'
-  mirror 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.26.tar.gz'
-  sha1 'ba89cba98c1a6aea3c80cda5ddcd5eceb5adbb9b'
+  url 'http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/tar/tar-1.27.tar.gz'
+  mirror 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.27.tar.gz'
+  sha1 '790cf784589a9fcc1ced33517e71051e3642642f'
 
   def install
     args = ["--prefix=#{prefix}", "--mandir=#{man}"]