diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index 0e1f22613c..260cd2c489 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
-version=2.6.0
+version=2.6.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="requests-${version}"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1cdbed1f0e236f35ef54e919982c7a338e4fea3786310933d3a7887a04b74d75
+checksum=490b111c824d64b84797a899a4c22618bbc45323ac24a0a0bb4b73a8758e943c
 
 pre_build() {
 	# remove bundled cacerts