diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xmlstarlet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xmlstarlet/default.nix
index aea3ab2bd968..74f7e08900a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xmlstarlet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xmlstarlet/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, libxslt }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "xmlstarlet-1.5.0";
+  name = "xmlstarlet-1.6.1";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/xmlstar/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1fmvqvzrzyfcg53j39sdz01v7klzyhd011m3y9br54525q2fvd27";
+    sha256 = "1jp737nvfcf6wyb54fla868yrr39kcbijijmjpyk4lrpyg23in0m";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 libxslt ];