diff --git a/package/json-glib/json-glib.hash b/package/json-glib/json-glib.hash
index b68794db37..680d404a4b 100644
--- a/package/json-glib/json-glib.hash
+++ b/package/json-glib/json-glib.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/json-glib/1.4/json-glib-1.4.4.sha256sum
-sha256 720c5f4379513dc11fd97dc75336eb0c0d3338c53128044d9fabec4374f4bc47  json-glib-1.4.4.tar.xz
+# From http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/json-glib/1.6/json-glib-1.6.6.sha256sum
+sha256  96ec98be7a91f6dde33636720e3da2ff6ecbb90e76ccaa49497f31a6855a490e  json-glib-1.6.6.tar.xz
 
 # Hash for license file:
-sha256 a190dc9c8043755d90f8b0a75fa66b9e42d4af4c980bf5ddc633f0124db3cee7  COPYING
+sha256  a190dc9c8043755d90f8b0a75fa66b9e42d4af4c980bf5ddc633f0124db3cee7  COPYING
diff --git a/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk b/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
index accdb4f888..52ca47e906 100644
--- a/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
+++ b/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-JSON_GLIB_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.4
-JSON_GLIB_VERSION = $(JSON_GLIB_VERSION_MAJOR).4
+JSON_GLIB_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.6
+JSON_GLIB_VERSION = $(JSON_GLIB_VERSION_MAJOR).6
 JSON_GLIB_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/json-glib/$(JSON_GLIB_VERSION_MAJOR)
 JSON_GLIB_SOURCE = json-glib-$(JSON_GLIB_VERSION).tar.xz
 JSON_GLIB_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 JSON_GLIB_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 JSON_GLIB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+JSON_GLIB_CONF_OPTS = -Dgtk_doc=disabled -Dtests=false
 
 JSON_GLIB_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \
@@ -18,10 +19,10 @@ JSON_GLIB_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	libglib2
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION),y)
-JSON_GLIB_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=true
+JSON_GLIB_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=enabled
 JSON_GLIB_DEPENDENCIES += gobject-introspection
 else
-JSON_GLIB_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=false
+JSON_GLIB_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=disabled
 endif
 
 JSON_GLIB_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)