diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix
index aa138613ec4..ef4638eea27 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libressl-${version}";
-  version = "2.1.5";
+  version = "2.1.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "mirror://openbsd/LibreSSL/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1fy3x5idx5mnncbzhsw1ahwnh7ram4d05ksz0ipf5x6p7y8pj8x8";
+    sha256 = "1a2k6sby6a1d0hf4hns6d13cvyck2i0figbkf1q0301vggcnv0jg";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;