diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
index 7c71dc4388b..6ae116356f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libwacom";
-  version = "1.5";
+  version = "1.6";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "linuxwacom";
     repo = "libwacom";
     rev = "libwacom-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1a3qkzpkag1vqd2xl7b7f2b8kbg1y1g6gg5ydzb1ppyqw3zdjf9x";
+    sha256 = "10wphlk5v591mlvcyr6bjqp60zmhbpqg3lmsq9dza738v97ws8ci";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig meson ninja doxygen ];