diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-cffi/template b/srcpkgs/python-cffi/template
index b97e78c20b1..a008929f8c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-cffi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-cffi/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-cffi'
 pkgname=python-cffi
-version=1.5.2
+version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="cffi-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ short_desc="C foreign function interface for Python2"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://cffi.readthedocs.org/"
 license="MIT"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/cffi/cffi-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=da9bde99872e46f7bb5cff40a9b1cc08406765efafb583c704de108b6cb821dd
+distfiles="https://pypi.python.org/packages/b6/98/11feff87072e2e640fb8320712b781eccdef05d588618915236b32289d5a/cffi-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a7f75c4ef2362c0a0e54657add0a6c509fecbfa3b3807bc0925f5cb1c9f927db
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE