diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rpi_ws281x/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rpi_ws281x/package.mk
index 6b4aa8be38..283674edb2 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rpi_ws281x/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rpi_ws281x/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
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 PKG_NAME="rpi_ws281x"
-PKG_VERSION="f580777"
-PKG_SHA256="edc831ff9daac354c54bfab1dad52f282ad44225d5769e6ae2b45160fe21762e"
+PKG_VERSION="6c5ade9"
+PKG_SHA256="e8fb94429edc21cfd894548755a417eb5b2e121329f4b54270cfb3f727696e21"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD-3c"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/hyperion-project/rpi_ws281x"