diff --git a/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash b/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash
index ccc6ed5000..3bf75620bf 100644
--- a/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash
+++ b/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256	83196badd6868f5b926bdac8017a6f90fb8a90b16652d3bf02df0330d573d0fc	libssh2-1.5.0.tar.gz
+sha256	5a202943a34a1d82a1c31f74094f2453c207bf9936093867f41414968c8e8215	libssh2-1.6.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
index bf040a836e..51dcf0e722 100644
--- a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
+++ b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBSSH2_VERSION = 1.5.0
+LIBSSH2_VERSION = 1.6.0
 LIBSSH2_SITE = http://www.libssh2.org/download
 LIBSSH2_LICENSE = BSD
 LIBSSH2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING