diff --git a/python/s3cmd/s3cmd.SlackBuild b/python/s3cmd/s3cmd.SlackBuild
index 220383344e..5b945e3cb0 100644
--- a/python/s3cmd/s3cmd.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/s3cmd/s3cmd.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=s3cmd
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.5.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/s3cmd/s3cmd.info b/python/s3cmd/s3cmd.info
index 263d337cc5..c83885ea09 100644
--- a/python/s3cmd/s3cmd.info
+++ b/python/s3cmd/s3cmd.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="s3cmd"
-VERSION="1.5.2"
+VERSION="1.6.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://s3tools.org/s3cmd"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/s3tools/s3cmd-1.5.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="3153116dc62c817a724ea58080968383"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/s3tools/s3cmd-1.6.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="c07a81248b4f26b299ada8ab4ccc8801"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="python-dateutil"