diff --git a/package/openssh/openssh.hash b/package/openssh/openssh.hash
index c50a49896c..0dcd725de5 100644
--- a/package/openssh/openssh.hash
+++ b/package/openssh/openssh.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-8.5 (base64 encoded)
-sha256  f52f3f41d429aa9918e38cf200af225ccdd8e66f052da572870c89737646ec25  openssh-8.5p1.tar.gz
+# From https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-8.6 (base64 encoded)
+sha256  c3e6e4da1621762c850d03b47eed1e48dff4cc9608ddeb547202a234df8ed7ae  openssh-8.6p1.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  432abf7480fb31473a6706627212913fc70032e3fb71b90fecb28ae26a2d741d  LICENCE
diff --git a/package/openssh/openssh.mk b/package/openssh/openssh.mk
index 055c024cab..61b2c97cf4 100644
--- a/package/openssh/openssh.mk
+++ b/package/openssh/openssh.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR = 8.5
+OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR = 8.6
 OPENSSH_VERSION_MINOR = p1
 OPENSSH_VERSION = $(OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR)$(OPENSSH_VERSION_MINOR)
 OPENSSH_CPE_ID_VERSION = $(OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR)