diff --git a/extra/libvpx/PKGBUILD b/extra/libvpx/PKGBUILD
index 84455af4b..598a9c950 100644
--- a/extra/libvpx/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/libvpx/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #  - disable neon and neon-asm
 
 pkgname=libvpx
-pkgver=1.6.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=1.6.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='VP8 and VP9 codec'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url='http://www.webmproject.org/'
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ makedepends=('yasm' 'git')
 provides=('libvpx.so')
 source=("libvpx-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         fix-armhf-link.patch)
-sha256sums=('e2fc00c9f60c76f91a1cde16a2356e33a45b76a5a5a1370df65fd57052a4994a'
+sha256sums=('cda8bb6f0e4848c018177d3a576fa83ed96d762554d7010fe4cfb9d70c22e588'
             '66cbce8fc6a00e418fdc6d08b196861b699f45b1db115b2c707b9a70d1081348')
 
 prepare() {