diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.0.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.1.nix
similarity index 92%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.0.nix
rename to pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.1.nix
index 507ca22cd1a..f19ccb35508 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.1.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "texinfo-6.0";
+  name = "texinfo-6.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/texinfo/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1r3i6jyynn6ab45fxw5bms8mflk9ry4qpj6gqyry72vfd5c47fhi";
+    sha256 = "1ll3d0l8izygdxqz96wfr2631kxahifwdknpgsx2090vw963js5c";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ perl xz ]
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "The GNU documentation system";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.vrthra ];
 
     longDescription = ''
       Texinfo is the official documentation format of the GNU project.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5fe1ee58b90..3040750d6da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6625,7 +6625,7 @@ in
   texinfo413 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.13a.nix { };
   texinfo4 = texinfo413;
   texinfo5 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.2.nix { };
-  texinfo6 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.0.nix { };
+  texinfo6 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/6.1.nix { };
   texinfo = texinfo6;
   texinfoInteractive = appendToName "interactive" (
     texinfo.override { interactive = true; }