diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
index 8cab2c25fc4..1657ceaeece 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ let
     "${gnupg}/bin/gpg2";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gpgme-1.5.5";
+  name = "gpgme-1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnupg/gpgme/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "01y28fkq52wwf4p470wscaxd2vgzl615irmafx3mj3380x8ksg8b";
+    sha256 = "17892sclz3yg45wbyqqrzzpq3l0icbnfl28f101b3062g8cy97dh";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libgpgerror glib libassuan pth ];