diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index 628c173bfa..86f99dbcdf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'libuv'
 pkgname=libuv
-version=1.5.0
+version=1.6.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-v${version}"
 short_desc="Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O"
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ license="BSD/ISC"
 build_style="gnu-configure"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 homepage="http://libuv.org/"
-distfiles="http://libuv.org/dist/v${version}/libuv-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9cc067435b0ce3aec0194e4f519939cfa4eb823d14dd38dbec014cd048cb817c
+distfiles="http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v${version}/libuv-v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=1a0b8030bc45a2c7b7cf44a89837bb43cf9e4484d8eb94652877f6dfdffc2a5f
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh