diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v6.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v6.nix
index ffb25f0ed59c..d331686e4370 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v6.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 }@args:
 
 import ./nodejs.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "6.0.0";
+  version = "6.1.0";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://nodejs.org/download/release/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0cpw7ng193jgfbw2g1fd0kcglmjjkbj4xb89g00z8zz0lj0nvdbd";
+    sha256 = "1hsbmr3yc6zmyhz058zfxg77dzjhk94g1k0y65p6xq8ihq5yyrwy";
   };
 })