diff --git a/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild b/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
index 0ea45c130e..b48bd852a8 100644
--- a/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libuv
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libuv/libuv.info b/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
index 588e170ef0..672dff41e8 100644
--- a/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
+++ b/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libuv"
-VERSION="1.4.2"
+VERSION="1.6.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://libuv.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://libuv.org/dist/v1.4.2/libuv-v1.4.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="d116fbe695157b799fb8805477e24eff"
+DOWNLOAD="http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.6.1/libuv-v1.6.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="51cfa3d8adc05852982e3c742ec3c039"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""