diff --git a/package/utils/mtd-utils/Makefile b/package/utils/mtd-utils/Makefile
index bd53e071d5..fd1cb75e51 100644
--- a/package/utils/mtd-utils/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/mtd-utils/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mtd-utils
-PKG_VERSION:=2.1.5
+PKG_VERSION:=2.1.6
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://infraroot.at/pub/mtd/
-PKG_HASH:=386e27fd121699b6b729bc2e8e04dda987b31cca6b16e12fb6cc6dcf26449f46
+PKG_HASH:=c1d853bc4adf83bcabd2792fc95af33bdd8643c97e8f7b3f0180af36af76f0e5
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf