diff --git a/package/nano/nano.hash b/package/nano/nano.hash
index 152766aa3b..cbb4977223 100644
--- a/package/nano/nano.hash
+++ b/package/nano/nano.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v5/nano-5.6.tar.xz.asc
+# https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v5/nano-5.6.1.tar.xz.asc
 # using key BFD009061E535052AD0DF2150D28D4D2A0ACE884
-sha256  fce183e4a7034d07d219c79aa2f579005d1fd49f156db6e50f53543a87637a32  nano-5.6.tar.xz
+sha256  760d7059e0881ca0ee7e2a33b09d999ec456ff7204df86bee58eb6f523ee8b09  nano-5.6.1.tar.xz
 sha256  fc82ca8b6fdb18d4e3e85cfd8ab58d1bcd3f1b29abe782895abd91d64763f8e7  COPYING
diff --git a/package/nano/nano.mk b/package/nano/nano.mk
index 43f5f5f0b2..77126fd4b0 100644
--- a/package/nano/nano.mk
+++ b/package/nano/nano.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 NANO_VERSION_MAJOR = 5
-NANO_VERSION = $(NANO_VERSION_MAJOR).6
+NANO_VERSION = $(NANO_VERSION_MAJOR).6.1
 NANO_SITE = https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v$(NANO_VERSION_MAJOR)
 NANO_SOURCE = nano-$(NANO_VERSION).tar.xz
 NANO_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+