diff --git a/tools/meson/Makefile b/tools/meson/Makefile
index f967f33ecd..6593f41f53 100644
--- a/tools/meson/Makefile
+++ b/tools/meson/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=meson
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=567e533adf255de73a2de35049b99923caf872a455af9ce03e01077e0d384bed
+PKG_HASH:=1eca49eb6c26d58bbee67fd3337d8ef557c0804e30a6d16bfdf269db997464de
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0