diff --git a/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD b/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
index 2763dbebd..72f8c7569 100644
--- a/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #  - enable GLES
 
 pkgname=retroarch
-pkgver=1.6.0
+pkgver=1.6.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Reference frontend for the libretro API'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ optdepends=('libretro-desmume: Nintendo DS core'
 backup=('etc/retroarch.cfg')
 source=("retroarch-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         'retroarch-paths.patch')
-sha256sums=('1339d4b958c6808960e666ee5744c2dde0898b8f2c4cdedbfd634a47b9ae0906'
+sha256sums=('80ea147e679d1012dd4c05ac287ecb783b78973f8ed4bd4b0959ee778a4c3088'
             'a8449fc210b3f55e2189e8b1106e5a8adaa359916e692af424d838b468ab3da0')
 
 prepare() {