diff --git a/package/libiec61850/libiec61850.hash b/package/libiec61850/libiec61850.hash
index be662bebaf..3c23682c49 100644
--- a/package/libiec61850/libiec61850.hash
+++ b/package/libiec61850/libiec61850.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  a0f396a5e2249398f2432bb9698e3aecdb9de11b28e5af68f7fb8b14bc3b2f44  libiec61850-1.5.3.tar.gz
+sha256  0dd0adc7f13215e961d22511bcb1dadfdbdaab969f11a0d975775a6ebdff8099  libiec61850-1.6.0.tar.gz
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libiec61850/libiec61850.mk b/package/libiec61850/libiec61850.mk
index 276acce1a8..92b27dc5c2 100644
--- a/package/libiec61850/libiec61850.mk
+++ b/package/libiec61850/libiec61850.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBIEC61850_VERSION = 1.5.3
+LIBIEC61850_VERSION = 1.6.0
 LIBIEC61850_SITE = $(call github,mz-automation,libiec61850,v$(LIBIEC61850_VERSION))
 LIBIEC61850_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBIEC61850_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+