diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
index b04e449835d4..b8f39a03083c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "playerctl-${version}";
-  version = "0.5.0";
+  version = "0.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "acrisci";
     repo = "playerctl";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0b4pg5pwblgbf6kvvynzh9dshfikxy5c2ks7733n7wza5wkpgmng";
+    sha256 = "1sxy87syrfk485f2x556rl567j6rph4ss0xahf04bv26bzj3mqrp";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];