diff --git a/srcpkgs/kafkacat/template b/srcpkgs/kafkacat/template
index ea501ff6df9..d71a02805a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kafkacat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kafkacat/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kafkacat'
 pkgname=kafkacat
-version=1.5.0
+version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=16f358fab258cbefc328cf642f72ee8b5dae1648657d508997279ca5bd0fbef0
+checksum=e67aecd153659d7ea0d561469a1e65038485fe9a3203fa8c9c59a9fe02164bf0
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE