diff --git a/srcpkgs/kbd/template b/srcpkgs/kbd/template
index 04b980aac62..ffc50152572 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kbd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kbd/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kbd'
 pkgname=kbd
-version=2.5.1
+version=2.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--datadir=/usr/share/kbd --localedir=/usr/share/kbd/locale"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.kbd-project.org/"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=ccdf452387a6380973d2927363e9cbb939fa2068915a6f937ff9d24522024683
+checksum=2eb6c6c972be9589bab733275bf020beb5f644d5f9439737920e701af6cf3485
 replaces="kbd-data>=0"
 
 post_patch() {