diff --git a/srcpkgs/hunspell/template b/srcpkgs/hunspell/template
index b0c6855e6c4..635ada39998 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hunspell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hunspell/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'hunspell'
 pkgname=hunspell
-version=1.6.0
+version=1.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-ui"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://hunspell.github.io/"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1, MPL-1.1"
 distfiles="https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=512e7d2ee69dad0b35ca011076405e56e0f10963a02d4859dbcc4faf53ca68e2
+checksum=30f593733c50b794016bb03d31fd2a2071e4610c6fa4708e33edad2335102c49
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi