GJ 526 (Lalande 25372, Wolf 498) is a red dwarf star in the northern constellation of Boötes.

Based upon an annual parallax shift of 0.184 arc seconds as measured by the Hipparcos satellite, this system is 17.7 light-years (5.43 parsecs) from Earth.

[13] In 1919, German astronomer Max Wolf included GJ 526 in his catalogue of high proper motion stars, giving it the identifier 498.

[14] GJ 526 is a flare star, which means it undergoes sporadic increases in brightness of up to 1–6 magnitudes.

[5] It is a main sequence red dwarf with a stellar classification of M1.5 V.[3] GJ 526 is smaller than the Sun, with 47% of the mass and 49% of the radius.