diff --git a/package/jsoncpp/0001-Revert-Use-std-namespace-for-snprintf.patch b/package/jsoncpp/0001-Revert-Use-std-namespace-for-snprintf.patch
index 6c6ae2d0c4..7935849214 100644
--- a/package/jsoncpp/0001-Revert-Use-std-namespace-for-snprintf.patch
+++ b/package/jsoncpp/0001-Revert-Use-std-namespace-for-snprintf.patch
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ index 83102fd2bb86..f7ad1e21bbc0 100644
  
  #if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1500 // VC++ 8.0 and below
  #define snprintf _snprintf
--#else
+-#elif __cplusplus >= 201103L
 -#define snprintf std::snprintf
  #endif
  
diff --git a/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.mk b/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.mk
index 3044be13a1..63b18e62a1 100644
--- a/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.mk
+++ b/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-JSONCPP_VERSION = 1.6.0
+JSONCPP_VERSION = 1.6.1
 JSONCPP_SITE = $(call github,open-source-parsers,jsoncpp,$(JSONCPP_VERSION))
 JSONCPP_LICENSE = Public Domain or MIT
 JSONCPP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE