diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 5ca75a06c8..eb8617a0fd 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ liblxqtmount.so.0 liblxqt-mount-0.9.0_1
 liblxqt-globalkeys.so.0 lxqt-globalkeys-0.9.0_1
 liblxqt-globalkeys-ui.so.0 lxqt-globalkeys-0.9.0_1
 libenet.so.7 libenet-1.3.12_1
-librrd.so.4 rrdtool-1.4.9_1
+librrd.so.8 rrdtool-1.6.0_1
 librrd_th.so.4 rrdtool-1.4.9_1
 libmosquitto.so.1 libmosquitto-1.4_1
 libmosquittopp.so.1 libmosquittopp-1.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rrdtool/template b/srcpkgs/rrdtool/template
index 24c16f4797..476d74c46b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rrdtool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rrdtool/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rrdtool'
 pkgname=rrdtool
-version=1.5.5
-revision=2
+version=1.6.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config groff intltool"
 makedepends="libxml2-devel pango-devel python-devel ruby-devel LuaJIT-devel perl"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://oss.oetiker.ch/${pkgname}"
 distfiles="http://oss.oetiker.ch/${pkgname}/pub/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3a286d449c05d657e3fc3adcaa5cb4f0cfac8f465324b14f364a45d4ff8ca6f6
+checksum=cd948e89cd2d8825fab4a6fb0323f810948d934af7d92c9ee8b5e9e1350e52d7
 configure_args="--enable-perl --enable-perl-site-install
  --with-perl-options=INSTALLDIRS=vendor --enable-ruby
  --enable-ruby-site-install --enable-python --enable-lua