diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemacs/template b/srcpkgs/qemacs/template
index 25b37fcdf1c..faa42f67978 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemacs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemacs/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'qemacs'
 pkgname=qemacs
-version=5.4.1c
+version=6.1.1b
 revision=1
-_githash=216b3ff8b77ff138aec22045522d5601b7390e58
+_githash=06b3d373bbcc52b51ccb438bf3cab38a49492ff0
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
  --disable-x11 --disable-plugins"
 short_desc="Small but powerful Emacs clone (with UTF-8, HTML, shell, dired)"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
-license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/qemacs/qemacs"
 distfiles="https://github.com/qemacs/qemacs/archive/${_githash}.tar.gz"
-checksum=cacf12beb925c427204db8e828f1c5bad41cff3439293d03e28631b6a9e66869
+checksum=89f8e9acc09ee51fa7d78c96a0e44bb1921616629d965aa7fc8cb696ffa0410f
 # make: *** No rule to make target '.objs/Linux-x86_64-riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc/libqhtml.a', needed by 'qe_g'.  Stop.
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ do_install() {
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -funsigned-char -Ilibqhtml -I.." \
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" CONFIG_HTML= DESTDIR="$DESTDIR" install
 	vdoc qe-doc.html
+	vlicense LICENSE
 }