diff --git a/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.hash b/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.hash
index 7ea7ff57a8..45848af943 100644
--- a/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.hash
+++ b/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256	d3468308553c94389dadfd10c4d1067269052b5364276a9d24a643c88485f715	pkgconf-1.5.3.tar.xz
+sha256	22b9ee38438901f9d60f180e5182821180854fa738fd071f593ea26a81da208c	pkgconf-1.6.1.tar.xz
+sha256	07ee94b50a41ee3fc4e13a9b9c60b26fc28488494c465639f7e5f07a3952ec04	COPYING
diff --git a/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk b/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk
index e3c73fd405..1851ecfca4 100644
--- a/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk
+++ b/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PKGCONF_VERSION = 1.5.3
+PKGCONF_VERSION = 1.6.1
 PKGCONF_SITE = https://distfiles.dereferenced.org/pkgconf
 PKGCONF_SOURCE = pkgconf-$(PKGCONF_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKGCONF_LICENSE = pkgconf license