diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconf/default.nix
index 5a9642057d8..43d86966694 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconf/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pkgconf-1.6.0";
+  pname = "pkgconf";
+  version = "1.6.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://distfiles.dereferenced.org/pkgconf/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1rgcw7lbmxv45y4ybnlh1wzhd1d15d2616499ajjnrvnnnms6db1";
+    url = "https://distfiles.dereferenced.org/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1310va0nm8iyb4ghgz9qlx7qb00iha1523hq1zbgj0c98cwfxf92";
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {