diff --git a/srcpkgs/go/template b/srcpkgs/go/template
index d6c6bba7a00..b711ce53030 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/go/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/go/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'go'
 pkgname=go
 _bootstrap_version=1.4.2
-version=1.6
+version=1.6.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc=go
 hostmakedepends="git ca-certificates"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="BSD"
 distfiles="http://golang.org/dl/go${_bootstrap_version}.src.tar.gz
  http://golang.org/dl/go${version}.src.tar.gz"
 checksum="299a6fd8f8adfdce15bc06bde926e7b252ae8e24dd5b16b7d8791ed79e7b5e9b
- a96cce8ce43a9bf9b2a4c7d470bc7ee0cb00410da815980681c8353218dcf146"
+ 1d4b53cdee51b2298afcf50926a7fa44b286f0bf24ff8323ce690a66daa7193f"
 
 nostrip=yes
 noverifyrdeps=yes