diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh2/default.nix
index daeb39bc982..2bd7950751b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh2/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurlBoot, openssl, zlib}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libssh2-1.5.0";
+  name = "libssh2-1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurlBoot {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1z6hfgak00yz0azx6lk6n688mywhdxx03j6sdf95p3w6ssnnn6c3";
+    sha256 = "05c2is69c50lyikkh29nk6zhghjk4i7hjx0zqfhq47aald1jj82s";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl zlib ];