diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/packer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/packer/default.nix
index 382fda72a4cd..2cfe95152a34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/packer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/packer/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "packer";
-  version = "1.6.0";
+  version = "1.6.1";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/hashicorp/packer";
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     owner = "hashicorp";
     repo = "packer";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0qddljg330i7059kvij84pjzz67g6qh1w2zcmsj6rv58ix8xsfx7";
+    sha256 = "0jm8950rk0cdf84z0yxm8ic3pm353cgmxr1akn6kq1bwg2w0vsrq";
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {