diff --git a/srcpkgs/mbedtls/template b/srcpkgs/mbedtls/template
index a5723e1ac5d..f316c16d892 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mbedtls/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mbedtls/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mbedtls'
 pkgname=mbedtls
 reverts="2.17.0_1"
-version=2.16.5
+version=2.16.6
 revision=1
 wrksrc="mbedtls-mbedtls-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://tls.mbed.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/development/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/archive/mbedtls-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d8894abcaa23fe55d684ec73b2cd42cafe965eb162c993041fccfe68e3ef73c3
+checksum=38ea2768669d04dab7fe7d1114e489378bf4f23e5b96271a3ed4cecd99a3f807
 
 
 pre_configure() {