diff --git a/packages/sysutils/libevdev/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/libevdev/package.mk
index 3e49abe558..c90e030f05 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/libevdev/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/libevdev/package.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libevdev"
-PKG_VERSION="1.5.7"
-PKG_SHA256="a1e59e37a2f0d397ffd7e83b73af0e638db83b8dd08902ef0f651a21cc1dd422"
+PKG_VERSION="1.6.0"
+PKG_SHA256="f5005c865987d980cc1279b9ec6131b06a89fd9892f649f2a68262b8786ef814"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libevdev/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"