diff --git a/package/libva/libva.hash b/package/libva/libva.hash
index 82802ceb0a..07284d2e30 100644
--- a/package/libva/libva.hash
+++ b/package/libva/libva.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libva/2015-July/003404.html
-sha1	f9d0cc8edb90a73146cc755f9e4ab94ddcdf8cd6	libva-1.6.0.tar.bz2
+# From http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libva/2015-September/003520.html
+sha1	84a026dfa8e3985a250ca92b135ae859ba5e9728	libva-1.6.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/libva/libva.mk b/package/libva/libva.mk
index 18a322ce27..f8eab0f54b 100644
--- a/package/libva/libva.mk
+++ b/package/libva/libva.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBVA_VERSION = 1.6.0
+LIBVA_VERSION = 1.6.1
 LIBVA_SOURCE = libva-$(LIBVA_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBVA_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva
 LIBVA_LICENSE = MIT