diff --git a/package/libinput/libinput.hash b/package/libinput/libinput.hash
index dd3573f2e1..7dd4c04110 100644
--- a/package/libinput/libinput.hash
+++ b/package/libinput/libinput.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-January/032746.html
-sha256 b7534f518d735c643aedca2fb4694683dfddc8d0600cfb628c87a18e65255832  libinput-1.6.0.tar.xz
+# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-February/032940.html
+sha256 9d816f13eee63bcca0e9c3bb652c52ab55f39be4d1b90b54e4bfd1dc92ef55a8  libinput-1.6.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/libinput/libinput.mk b/package/libinput/libinput.mk
index 52aca9acfd..776e1af032 100644
--- a/package/libinput/libinput.mk
+++ b/package/libinput/libinput.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBINPUT_VERSION = 1.6.0
+LIBINPUT_VERSION = 1.6.1
 LIBINPUT_SOURCE = libinput-$(LIBINPUT_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBINPUT_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput
 LIBINPUT_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libevdev mtdev udev