diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix
index 36d932c1ace..35d4ebbf89f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "couchdb-${version}";
-  version = "1.5.1";
+  version = "1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://apache/couchdb/source/${version}/apache-${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0isddp29zh72idgwjaswqy887c1fwx5g1lwlbzscwcv6q70xrmfr";
+    sha256 = "0m4k7i3gibzzcabssysv42rmdr89myppc6765xr0jggwkwdxgxmx";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ erlang icu openssl spidermonkey curl help2man sphinx which