diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
index fcb44333941e..f0fa2529f06f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nix-direnv";
-  version = "1.5.1";
+  version = "1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nix-community";
     repo = "nix-direnv";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-/V2v4dF3DEvsrJRbHD3wF5ZByek26NjphmaPG8FU9lI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-vMs4CyMhEy96gWMWXD74rTR1uNjU+y21i0dh6AdaMGE=";
   };
 
   # Substitute instead of wrapping because the resulting file is