diff --git a/packages/devel/libbpf/package.mk b/packages/devel/libbpf/package.mk
index 8b75021d4a..1f219fc1ac 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libbpf/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/libbpf/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2021-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libbpf"
-PKG_VERSION="1.3.0"
-PKG_SHA256="11db86acd627e468bc48b7258c1130aba41a12c4d364f78e184fd2f5a913d861"
+PKG_VERSION="1.6.1"
+PKG_SHA256="f6fa65c86f20d6d2d5d958f8bb8203a580a1c7496173714582300b724e37e338"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/archive/refs/tags/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/devel/libbpf/patches/libbpf-fix-crosscompile-and-sysroot.patch b/packages/devel/libbpf/patches/libbpf-fix-crosscompile-and-sysroot.patch
index 35ad6db5af..07be822e60 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libbpf/patches/libbpf-fix-crosscompile-and-sysroot.patch
+++ b/packages/devel/libbpf/patches/libbpf-fix-crosscompile-and-sysroot.patch
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ index 81ea6b8..7ab5f13 100644
 @@ -106,7 +103,7 @@ $(OBJDIR)/libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION): $(SHARED_OBJS)
  		  $^ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o $@
  
- $(OBJDIR)/libbpf.pc: force
+ $(OBJDIR)/libbpf.pc: force | $(OBJDIR)
 -	$(Q)sed -e "s|@PREFIX@|$(PREFIX)|" \
 +	$(Q)sed -e "s|@PREFIX@|$(PREFIX_PC)|" \
  		-e "s|@LIBDIR@|$(LIBDIR_PC)|" \