diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlmap/template b/srcpkgs/sqlmap/template
index a417bd2536..d86cc063bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sqlmap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlmap/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'sqlmap'
 pkgname=sqlmap
-version=1.5.12
+version=1.6
 revision=1
 pycompile_dirs="usr/libexec/sqlmap"
 depends="python3"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://sqlmap.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1221a09a9011e515c867abcba487c0e15f6732337fa3fab1d3f4babc7199fa39
+checksum=78c654fbffc4af710f11d2be614e198fb5b13e526dd38c960048ae1eadffaf29
 python_version=3
 
 do_install() {