diff --git a/srcpkgs/strongswan/template b/srcpkgs/strongswan/template
index f076a4853fa..ca05b60e261 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/strongswan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/strongswan/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'strongswan'
 pkgname=strongswan
-version=5.5.3
+version=5.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # tpm support waits on libtss2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 # changelog="https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Changelog"
 homepage="http://www.strongswan.org/"
 distfiles="http://download.strongswan.org/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=c5ea54b199174708de11af9b8f4ecf28b5b0743d4bc0e380e741f25b28c0f8d4
+checksum=e0c282d8ad418609c5dfb5e8efa01b28b95ef3678070ed47bf2a229f55f4ab53
 
 post_install() {
 	touch .empty