diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/template b/srcpkgs/netdata/template
index 580695401c1..323ef7e3c59 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/netdata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'netdata'
 pkgname=netdata
-version=1.5.0
-revision=3
+version=1.6.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Michael Aldridge <aldridge.mac@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://netdata.firehol.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/releases/download/v${version}/netdata-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=764212e1c71dbf5cbcd0cc391b7be0ffd4fcfd5e3b603b4fdb4e0b21a9286dd8
+checksum=a225688cc5349a3d62072192c8163427b5fad5e02723f793f6eeeb8a2791c67c
 
 post_install() {
 	vsv netdata