diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-lib/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-lib/default.nix
index 5b0d404faaf..c2c612db542 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-lib/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "alsa-lib-1.1.5";
+  name = "alsa-lib-1.1.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
      "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/${name}.tar.bz2"
      "http://alsa.cybermirror.org/lib/${name}.tar.bz2"
     ];
-    sha256 = "1rhacnlj0grvfagjx5qzsnbhw7m7lyccghqs4jsv0dnsqv9qmxpl";
+    sha256 = "096pwrnhj36yndldvs2pj4r871zhcgisks0is78f1jkjn9sd4b2z";
   };
 
   patches = [