diff --git a/package/libwpe/libwpe.hash b/package/libwpe/libwpe.hash
index 0a616a31cc..e138c06f2b 100644
--- a/package/libwpe/libwpe.hash
+++ b/package/libwpe/libwpe.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# From https://wpewebkit.org/releases/libwpe-1.4.0.1.tar.xz.sums
-md5 1d4d38413ee0d0043f74d0445cab906f libwpe-1.4.0.1.tar.xz
-sha1 a41480a0a85cfa11b3f87f801b7c37bc3410e060 libwpe-1.4.0.1.tar.xz
-sha256 09849dfb34877354f34f318e138971cf22e677b2179e1f0a8ea00ab0b7bd8e9b libwpe-1.4.0.1.tar.xz
+# From https://wpewebkit.org/releases/libwpe-1.6.0.tar.xz.sums
+md5  6e8a2c279dcc3617db5ec7ac4c03d628  libwpe-1.6.0.tar.xz
+sha1  e8424d5e29f35861d85acdc5962d8b59b53bb1ad  libwpe-1.6.0.tar.xz
+sha256  3587c6b8a807f4bb76b268ba74ca82c6b395b90235db41ad8252224456193c90  libwpe-1.6.0.tar.xz
 
 # Hashes for license files:
-sha256 35bef295cedbbf179eaee14328002587a0e7dc08ebf3f15ea080a6f2815f0d7b COPYING
+sha256  35bef295cedbbf179eaee14328002587a0e7dc08ebf3f15ea080a6f2815f0d7b  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libwpe/libwpe.mk b/package/libwpe/libwpe.mk
index 09518ce9b1..fd4f3d0cbd 100644
--- a/package/libwpe/libwpe.mk
+++ b/package/libwpe/libwpe.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBWPE_VERSION = 1.4.0.1
+LIBWPE_VERSION = 1.6.0
 LIBWPE_SITE = https://wpewebkit.org/releases
 LIBWPE_SOURCE = libwpe-$(LIBWPE_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBWPE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES