diff --git a/package/wayland/wayland.mk b/package/wayland/wayland.mk
index 2ab38d954f..77c71415aa 100644
--- a/package/wayland/wayland.mk
+++ b/package/wayland/wayland.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WAYLAND_VERSION = 1.5.0
+WAYLAND_VERSION = 1.6.0
 WAYLAND_SITE = http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases
 WAYLAND_SOURCE = wayland-$(WAYLAND_VERSION).tar.xz
 WAYLAND_LICENSE = MIT