diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbson/template b/srcpkgs/libbson/template
index 80c516f6992..c9156383798 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libbson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbson/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libbson'
 pkgname=libbson
-version=1.6.0
+version=1.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl automake libtool"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/mongodb/libbson"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=619a6925fab21abb909097a7b96bc09879e9b81a74493eb18768d0e516260828
+checksum=915dcb35cb124f9922eb1b7f29e628e1663014b6077bd635d198dda471c41989
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh