diff --git a/srcpkgs/freeciv/template b/srcpkgs/freeciv/template
index c80faa43ee..d70b848d99 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freeciv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freeciv/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'freeciv'
 pkgname=freeciv
-version=2.6.0
-revision=2
+version=2.6.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-fcdb=sqlite3 --enable-fcmp=all
  --enable-client=all"
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="SDL2_gfx-devel SDL2_image-devel SDL2_mixer-devel SDL2_ttf-devel gtk+-devel
  gtk+3-devel libXaw-devel libcurl-devel lua-devel"
 short_desc="Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game - server/data"
-maintainer="bra1nwave <brainwave@openmailbox.org>"
+maintainer="bra1nwave <bra1nwave@protonmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://freeciv.org/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=7c20399198d6c7d846fed9a69b02e01134ae5340a3ae0f99d1e38063ade6c999
+checksum=cce6841da0194138aad269cc735557db438a44909d75fd03d4db67507986b9e2
 
 subpackages="freeciv-gtk2 freeciv-gtk3 freeciv-sdl freeciv-xaw"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then