diff --git a/net/dnscrypt-proxy/Makefile b/net/dnscrypt-proxy/Makefile
index ae7ab88c9..30d626750 100644
--- a/net/dnscrypt-proxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/dnscrypt-proxy/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnscrypt-proxy
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://download.dnscrypt.org/dnscrypt-proxy
-PKG_MD5SUM:=039b8106cf4e15302dc2487cb7fbb17b
+PKG_MD5SUM:=6fc2a8c57007d582dee3313979a4d1b5
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1