diff --git a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
index 7be7ed27df..a8b24bffbe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mercurial'
 pkgname=mercurial
-version=5.5.2
-revision=2
+version=5.6.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3 python3-setuptools python3-devel"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Johannes <johannes.brechtmann@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/"
 distfiles="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/release/mercurial-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=84930ad47a25d1f5db47acf48662bd199e45b7c331d8af6f4a8c46449ad8f372
+checksum=e55c254f4904c45226a106780e57f4279aee03368f6ff6a981d5d2a38243ffad
 
 do_check() {
 	cd tests