diff --git a/srcpkgs/libfastjson/template b/srcpkgs/libfastjson/template
index 4c1f1368167..fc1ad1d58c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libfastjson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libfastjson/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libfastjson'
 pkgname=libfastjson
-version=0.99.5
+version=0.99.6
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/rsyslog/libfastjson"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rsyslog/libfastjson/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=74401bc45a40a03f1bc6064513503f47dbe3db4fc735627ce122e512be9760f0
+checksum=617373e5205c84b5f674354df6ee9cba53ef8a227f0d1aa928666ed8a16d5547
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi