diff --git a/net/transmission/Makefile b/net/transmission/Makefile
index 0974ba7d0b..ff8bda4769 100644
--- a/net/transmission/Makefile
+++ b/net/transmission/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=transmission
-PKG_VERSION:=4.0.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=4.1.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases/download/$(PKG_VERSION)/
-PKG_HASH:=2a38fe6d8a23991680b691c277a335f8875bdeca2b97c6b26b598bc9c7b0c45f
+PKG_HASH:=dcd28c1c9e6126229c4c17dbc9e95c9fd4aed7e76f4a1f2a74604c8cddec49d6
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later
diff --git a/net/transmission/patches/100-build-fix-external-project-builds-with-LTO-enabled-t.patch b/net/transmission/patches/100-build-fix-external-project-builds-with-LTO-enabled-t.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4984cbf03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/transmission/patches/100-build-fix-external-project-builds-with-LTO-enabled-t.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 4c424b9290e9953e709960def4bb42dcaedd3eaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 01:55:02 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] build: fix external project builds with LTO-enabled
+ toolchains
+
+* build: propagate LTO-aware archiver tools (CMAKE_AR, CMAKE_NM, CMAKE_RANLIB) to external projects
+
+https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/8369
+---
+ cmake/TrMacros.cmake | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/cmake/TrMacros.cmake
++++ b/cmake/TrMacros.cmake
+@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ macro(tr_add_external_auto_library ID DI
+                 "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}"
+                 "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}"
+                 "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}"
++                "-DCMAKE_AR=${CMAKE_AR}"
++                "-DCMAKE_NM=${CMAKE_NM}"
++                "-DCMAKE_RANLIB=${CMAKE_RANLIB}"
+                 "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}"
+                 "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>"
+                 "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib"