diff --git a/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash b/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
index 231a471b9e..425c33f369 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
+++ b/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking signature
 # https://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/v4l-utils-1.16.3.tar.bz2.asc
-sha256 7c5c0d49c130cf65d384f28e9f3a53c5f7d17bf18740c48c40810e0fbbed5b54  v4l-utils-1.16.3.tar.bz2
+sha256 f9dac1878e3d5636eab7f56bb209fdfc66b94ee8a2aae54dcb4282fe63a678ae  v4l-utils-1.16.6.tar.bz2
 # Locally calculated
 sha256 391e4da1c54a422a78d83be7bf84b2dfb8bacdd8ad256fa4374e128655584a8a  COPYING
 sha256 5a7f623a50e384aaf6d2ced068339ddf93d0a50d3a0ecbe86f125b07804ecc78  COPYING.libv4l
diff --git a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
index fe1ffbcf5d..b31d1a4c41 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
+++ b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBV4L_VERSION = 1.16.3
+LIBV4L_VERSION = 1.16.6
 LIBV4L_SOURCE = v4l-utils-$(LIBV4L_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBV4L_SITE = https://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils
 LIBV4L_INSTALL_STAGING = YES