diff --git a/srcpkgs/nano/template b/srcpkgs/nano/template
index 16bca4f6db..980beca9d6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nano/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nano/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nano'
 pkgname=nano
-version=5.5
+version=5.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-utf8"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.nano-editor.org/"
 changelog="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/plain/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v${version%%.*}/nano-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=390b81bf9b41ff736db997aede4d1f60b4453fbd75a519a4ddb645f6fd687e4a
+checksum=760d7059e0881ca0ee7e2a33b09d999ec456ff7204df86bee58eb6f523ee8b09
 
 post_install() {
 	vsconf syntax/nanorc.nanorc