diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.4.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.6.0.bb
similarity index 60%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.4.3.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.6.0.bb
index b53766333b..022482c791 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.4.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.6.0.bb
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 DEPENDS = "zlib openssl"
 
 LICENSE = "BSD"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d00afe44f336a79a2ca7e1681ce14509"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=c5cf34fc0acb44b082ef50ef5e4354ca"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.libssh2.org/download/${BP}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "071004c60c5d6f90354ad1b701013a0b"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "eac6f85f9df9db2e6386906a6227eb2cd7b3245739561cad7d6dc1d5d021b96d"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "00aabd6e714a5f42a4fb82ace20db1dd"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5a202943a34a1d82a1c31f74094f2453c207bf9936093867f41414968c8e8215"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig