diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
index a4009e2075..3cde19d870 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.1.6
+- update to transmission-2.71
+
 2.1.5
 - update to transmission-2.61
 - update libevent to libevent-2.0.19-stable
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
index 806b0a1364..a2e18a8332 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="transmission"
-PKG_VERSION="2.61"
-PKG_REV="5"
+PKG_VERSION="2.71"
+PKG_REV="6"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.transmissionbt.com/"