diff --git a/libs/libuv/Makefile b/libs/libuv/Makefile
index 44a8c86900..da1ac326dc 100644
--- a/libs/libuv/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libuv/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libuv
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Luka Perkov <luka@openwrt.org>
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-v$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://libuv.org/dist/v$(PKG_VERSION)/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=a26da181256a824fe9283f5e65e77033
+PKG_MD5SUM:=51cfa3d8adc05852982e3c742ec3c039
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-v$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1