diff --git a/srcpkgs/oniguruma/template b/srcpkgs/oniguruma/template
index 6b5ee200c44..c66db353b5c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/oniguruma/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/oniguruma/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'oniguruma'
 pkgname=oniguruma
-version=6.5.0
+version=6.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="A multi-charset regular expressions library"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"
 license="2-clause-BSD"
 homepage="https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/download/v${version}/onig-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=fc78898665dea1e2fbeda0609074ff76f5ef2001907f6184468c752eb52a3ed4
+checksum=8f9731f9e48666236a1678e2b4ead69be682eefba3983a714b6b57cf5ee14372
 wrksrc="onig-${version}"
 
 post_install() {