diff --git a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
index 8e22abdf5cf..1851a19b537 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mercurial'
 pkgname=mercurial
-version=2.6
+version=2.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python-module
 makedepends="python-devel"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://mercurial.selenic.com"
 distfiles="${homepage}/release/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5da022bd8114c498fbeb249f7f670a1b3e381e57225419b50f941b65444da1c1
+checksum=b6413aa339fd91a86288df7cf4f9db9bf3443b1ff55e8118530fdb9e8c788e64
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/man/man1