diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeflate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeflate/default.nix
index 26616078b46b..f766994a0999 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeflate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeflate/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libdeflate";
-  version = "1.5";
+  version = "1.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ebiggers";
     repo = "libdeflate";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1v0y7998p8a8wpblnpdyk5zzvpj8pbrpzxwxmv0b0axrhaarxrf3";
+    sha256 = "1rhichmalqz7p1hiwvn6y0isralpbf0w5nyjp4lg0asawkxy9cww";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''