diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatroska/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatroska/default.nix
index 2d56a6db766..6e65bcdad96 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatroska/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatroska/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libmatroska";
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "Matroska-Org";
     repo   = "libmatroska";
     rev    = "release-${version}";
-    sha256 = "057iib6p62x31g1ikdjsjzmqzjlajqx6p74h7y4r524pzgb27fzy";
+    sha256 = "118xxdgd3gkwamf59ac2c90s52pz5r0g2jmlrsj1kppybxka5f07";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];