diff --git a/srcpkgs/rkt/template b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
index 3be4e9fcbba..a10a830f105 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rkt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'rkt'
 pkgname=rkt
-version=1.5.1
+version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake wget cpio squashfs-tools bc gnupg git go"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/coreos/rkt"
 distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=2a9320b0fe41551e88e8477e4223ef9e2b7ebaf9947829235b5e936dbd61f5d4
+checksum=767f2ed21d6dbf00a7a264d0dbd84a2733d56dbe97bab90b3d99af47d33c9b5c
 
 configure_args="--enable-tpm=no
 --with-stage1-flavors=fly,kvm,coreos