diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ammonite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ammonite/default.nix
index d80270f65b7..6e090648798 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ammonite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ammonite/default.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ammonite-${version}";
-  version = "1.5.0";
+  version = "1.6.0";
   scalaVersion = "2.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/lihaoyi/Ammonite/releases/download/${version}/${scalaVersion}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0ivfas9lfx3wsc2c4jxi1z54vn5f4cc4j1aqq53nxfl8sx2hbm3v";
+    sha256 = "17c6ps5i48hcjj7r6xw8mrqhy4cs7qsa787l36f30757hi1cx4qy";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ jre ] ;