diff --git a/package/libftdi1/libftdi1.hash b/package/libftdi1/libftdi1.hash
index e110da6b5b..3740e5b454 100644
--- a/package/libftdi1/libftdi1.hash
+++ b/package/libftdi1/libftdi1.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  e85f1161d19f60b570751f3c8be334d309c710e5f77ef9afdc0eaa2c4fa73c95  libftdi1-v1.5-62-g5e67403c4fb5536a2effe2e91181dd73a2cff91b-git4.tar.gz
+sha256  1b0f06a2f99c97b66fd89a00b7dad6bba21d53de7c5a5bc2c3ef4393b32d4228  libftdi1-v1.6rc1-2-g92d657bcb543a9622947d984d4a8e725fb680e8c-git4.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license files:
-sha256  524f46428bf72bb8c6acfeca4909551fd2e0bdbb5305406d38382f4056095c56  LICENSE
+sha256  483d3d73b7cc56f3db406ec6e60d5e9fa737dd8794c36cfb7795a37030682d63  LICENSE
 sha256  ab15fd526bd8dd18a9e77ebc139656bf4d33e97fc7238cd11bf60e2b9b8666c6  COPYING.GPL
-sha256  b7993225104d90ddd8024fd838faf300bea5e83d91203eab98e29512acebd69c  COPYING.LIB
+sha256  20e50fe7aae3e56378ebf0417d9de904f55a0e61e4df315333e632a4d3555d95  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/libftdi1/libftdi1.mk b/package/libftdi1/libftdi1.mk
index 4fac8d2e39..04ed3de562 100644
--- a/package/libftdi1/libftdi1.mk
+++ b/package/libftdi1/libftdi1.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBFTDI1_VERSION = v1.5-62-g5e67403c4fb5536a2effe2e91181dd73a2cff91b
+LIBFTDI1_VERSION = v1.6rc1-2-g92d657bcb543a9622947d984d4a8e725fb680e8c
 LIBFTDI1_SITE = git://developer.intra2net.com/libftdi
 LIBFTDI1_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBFTDI1_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libusb