diff --git a/package/snort3/snort3.hash b/package/snort3/snort3.hash
index 48eddd74c9..c31e258ef2 100644
--- a/package/snort3/snort3.hash
+++ b/package/snort3/snort3.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  a68af8ea46a038dfb0ad489e8d11dee62a3e63cb4a639f6bb4fac4ded955fe11  snort3-3.1.4.0.tar.gz
+sha256  4f7852898eaac48a7cfaff61c79a3c3a5a86a54db9d2a7d5b758297bf52f1f12  snort3-3.1.6.0.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license files:
 sha256  3f1cbfb20bb2c608e1a474421880d08b8cba6abb00ab7736d22c481d71656a6d  COPYING
diff --git a/package/snort3/snort3.mk b/package/snort3/snort3.mk
index 1c49da8ec0..aabc89e165 100644
--- a/package/snort3/snort3.mk
+++ b/package/snort3/snort3.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SNORT3_VERSION = 3.1.4.0
+SNORT3_VERSION = 3.1.6.0
 SNORT3_SITE = $(call github,snort3,snort3,$(SNORT3_VERSION))
 SNORT3_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 SNORT3_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LICENSE