diff --git a/package/openssh/openssh.hash b/package/openssh/openssh.hash
index 3685bc0dbf..d8a4da32ad 100644
--- a/package/openssh/openssh.hash
+++ b/package/openssh/openssh.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-# From http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.5 (base64 encoded)
-sha256 9846e3c5fab9f0547400b4d2c017992f914222b3fd1f8eee6c7dc6bc5e59f9f0  openssh-7.5p1.tar.gz
+# From http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.6 (base64 encoded)
+sha256 a323caeeddfe145baaa0db16e98d784b1fbc7dd436a6bf1f479dfd5cd1d21723  openssh-7.6p1.tar.gz
+# Locally calculated
+sha256 05a4c25ef464e19656c5259bd4f4da8428efab01044f3541b79fbb3ff209350f  LICENCE
diff --git a/package/openssh/openssh.mk b/package/openssh/openssh.mk
index f9167e504d..368cb33fef 100644
--- a/package/openssh/openssh.mk
+++ b/package/openssh/openssh.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENSSH_VERSION = 7.5p1
+OPENSSH_VERSION = 7.6p1
 OPENSSH_SITE = http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable
 OPENSSH_LICENSE = BSD-3c, BSD-2c, Public Domain
 OPENSSH_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE