diff --git a/net/unbound/Makefile b/net/unbound/Makefile
index e414b038b..5adcd867e 100644
--- a/net/unbound/Makefile
+++ b/net/unbound/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=unbound
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.8
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Eric Luehrsen <ericluehrsen@hotmail.com>
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.unbound.net/downloads
-PKG_HASH:=4e7bd43d827004c6d51bef73adf941798e4588bdb40de5e79d89034d69751c9f
+PKG_HASH:=e3b428e33f56a45417107448418865fe08d58e0e7fea199b855515f60884dd49
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
diff --git a/net/unbound/patches/001-conf.patch b/net/unbound/patches/001-conf.patch
index 01d6bb839..4fd77d6d9 100644
--- a/net/unbound/patches/001-conf.patch
+++ b/net/unbound/patches/001-conf.patch
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ index 5396029..cbb51ec 100644
 -#
 -# Example configuration file.
 -#
--# See unbound.conf(5) man page, version 1.6.7.
+-# See unbound.conf(5) man page, version 1.6.8.
 -#
 -# this is a comment.
 +##############################################################################