diff --git a/srcpkgs/weechat/template b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
index 1536f3c6417..cda16f93e17 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weechat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'weechat'
 pkgname=weechat
-version=1.5
-revision=3
+version=1.6
+revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_MAN=ON -DENABLE_ENCHANT=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python2.7 -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.weechat.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/files/src/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=326e27c4f0548a7c6f21302516356f1e9e3541262b31058e37181f95205c8c58
+checksum=73eca5212fadb7056f5f72d9dfc96453dea0342c963d1f1ca36c84def5653c34
 
 subpackages="weechat-aspell weechat-devel weechat-ruby weechat-python weechat-tcl weechat-lua"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then