diff --git a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/PKGBUILD b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/PKGBUILD
index f2c903de9..e0a1e3733 100644
--- a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #  - removed -mtune, changed -march to v7/v8 compat
 
 pkgname=mkinitcpio-busybox
-pkgver=1.35.0
+pkgver=1.36.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Base initramfs tools'
 arch=(x86_64)
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ depends=(glibc libxcrypt)
 options=(!buildflags)
 source=(https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-$pkgver.tar.bz2{,.sig}
         config)
-sha256sums=('faeeb244c35a348a334f4a59e44626ee870fb07b6884d68c10ae8bc19f83a694'
+sha256sums=('b8cc24c9574d809e7279c3be349795c5d5ceb6fdf19ca709f80cde50e47de314'
             'SKIP'
-            'fe7bd3c7150c25a8ad24190d305a012b84766f34847a7efc7126e19261b0c711')
+            'f1a67ecda5b73a50e49953efaaa0be582e4b707cf5a6270519e28ee022098518')
 validpgpkeys=('C9E9416F76E610DBD09D040F47B70C55ACC9965B') # Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/config b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/config
index 304e15cd4..905466077 100644
--- a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/config
+++ b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
-# Busybox version: 1.35.0
-# Wed Feb  9 09:13:14 2022
+# Busybox version: 1.36.1
+# Mon Jun 26 13:06:20 2023
 #
 CONFIG_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG=y
 
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_USE_MALLOC=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_IN_BSS is not set
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
 CONFIG_MD5_SMALL=0
+CONFIG_SHA1_SMALL=3
+CONFIG_SHA1_HWACCEL=y
+CONFIG_SHA256_HWACCEL=y
 CONFIG_SHA3_SMALL=0
 CONFIG_FEATURE_NON_POSIX_CP=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_CP_MESSAGE=y
@@ -123,6 +126,9 @@ CONFIG_LAST_SUPPORTED_WCHAR=767
 # CONFIG_UNICODE_BIDI_SUPPORT is not set
 # CONFIG_UNICODE_NEUTRAL_TABLE is not set
 # CONFIG_UNICODE_PRESERVE_BROKEN is not set
+# CONFIG_LOOP_CONFIGURE is not set
+# CONFIG_NO_LOOP_CONFIGURE is not set
+CONFIG_TRY_LOOP_CONFIGURE=y
 
 #
 # Applets
@@ -338,6 +344,7 @@ CONFIG_TOUCH=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_TR_EQUIV is not set
 CONFIG_TRUE=y
 CONFIG_TRUNCATE=y
+CONFIG_TSORT=y
 # CONFIG_TTY is not set
 CONFIG_UNAME=y
 CONFIG_UNAME_OSNAME="GNU/Linux"
@@ -827,10 +834,12 @@ CONFIG_PARTPROBE=y
 # CONFIG_RFKILL is not set
 # CONFIG_RUNLEVEL is not set
 # CONFIG_RX is not set
+CONFIG_SEEDRNG=y
 CONFIG_SETFATTR=y
 # CONFIG_SETSERIAL is not set
 CONFIG_STRINGS=y
 # CONFIG_TIME is not set
+CONFIG_TREE=y
 CONFIG_TS=y
 # CONFIG_TTYSIZE is not set
 # CONFIG_UBIATTACH is not set
@@ -1003,6 +1012,7 @@ CONFIG_UDHCPC=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC_ARPING is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC_SANITIZEOPT=y
 CONFIG_UDHCPC_DEFAULT_SCRIPT="/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script"
+CONFIG_UDHCPC6_DEFAULT_SCRIPT="/usr/share/udhcpc/default6.script"
 CONFIG_UDHCPC6=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC6_RFC3646=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCPC6_RFC4704=y
@@ -1137,6 +1147,7 @@ CONFIG_ASH_EXPAND_PRMT=y
 CONFIG_ASH_ECHO=y
 CONFIG_ASH_PRINTF=y
 CONFIG_ASH_TEST=y
+CONFIG_ASH_SLEEP=y
 CONFIG_ASH_HELP=y
 CONFIG_ASH_GETOPTS=y
 CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD=y
diff --git a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/keys/pgp/C9E9416F76E610DBD09D040F47B70C55ACC9965B.asc b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/keys/pgp/C9E9416F76E610DBD09D040F47B70C55ACC9965B.asc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8744cea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/keys/pgp/C9E9416F76E610DBD09D040F47B70C55ACC9965B.asc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
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