diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
index 3631e52d87d1..a3cb67c1bd3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fuse-overlayfs";
-  version = "1.5.0";
+  version = "1.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "containers";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-/gdmrQhYsE4a/1sxtJ5IfVUWjh08wTVrOr4V7Fkn1i0=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-YNR9Cj2StbmA2MjoQEWgJCMoHXQ1wIYikXGUEkmJEIg=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];