diff --git a/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk b/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
index 6cfe0dfaf0..5854327227 100644
--- a/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="qemu"
-PKG_VERSION="5.2.0"
-PKG_SHA256="cb18d889b628fbe637672b0326789d9b0e3b8027e0445b936537c78549df17bc"
+PKG_VERSION="6.1.0"
+PKG_SHA256="eebc089db3414bbeedf1e464beda0a7515aad30f73261abc246c9b27503a3c96"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.qemu.org"
 PKG_URL="https://download.qemu.org/qemu-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ pre_configure_host() {
     --disable-debug-tcg \
     --disable-docs \
     --disable-gcrypt \
-    --disable-git-update \
     --disable-gnutls \
     --disable-libxml2 \
     --disable-system \
@@ -48,4 +47,3 @@ makeinstall_host() {
   mkdir -p $TOOLCHAIN/bin
     cp $PKG_BUILD/.$HOST_NAME/qemu-img $TOOLCHAIN/bin
 }
-