diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-c++/template b/srcpkgs/json-c++/template
index df55ac8e6c6..34b09a68fe9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/json-c++/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-c++/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'json-c++'
 pkgname=json-c++
-version=3.5.0
+version=3.6.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="json-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/nlohmann/json"
 distfiles="https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e0b1fc6cc6ca05706cce99118a87aca5248bd9db3113e703023d23f044995c1d
+checksum=80c45b090e40bf3d7a7f2a6e9f36206d3ff710acfa8d8cc1f8c763bb3075e22e
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.MIT