diff --git a/package/x11r7/xcb-proto/xcb-proto.mk b/package/x11r7/xcb-proto/xcb-proto.mk
index da24576dcf..a3d029c1ba 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xcb-proto/xcb-proto.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xcb-proto/xcb-proto.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # xcb-proto
 #
 #############################################################
-XCB_PROTO_VERSION = 1.1
+XCB_PROTO_VERSION = 1.6
 XCB_PROTO_SOURCE = xcb-proto-$(XCB_PROTO_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XCB_PROTO_SITE = http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/