diff --git a/gis/Shapely/Shapely.SlackBuild b/gis/Shapely/Shapely.SlackBuild
index 3b1c006c8f..6b01d68898 100644
--- a/gis/Shapely/Shapely.SlackBuild
+++ b/gis/Shapely/Shapely.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=Shapely
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/gis/Shapely/Shapely.info b/gis/Shapely/Shapely.info
index c764d8bb5d..db3a5fc5bd 100644
--- a/gis/Shapely/Shapely.info
+++ b/gis/Shapely/Shapely.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="Shapely"
-VERSION="1.6.0"
+VERSION="1.6.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Toblerity/Shapely"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Toblerity/Shapely/archive/1.6.0/Shapely-1.6.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="8a3bf26fb09f7fa6434452dc6896f6c2"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Toblerity/Shapely/archive/1.6.1/Shapely-1.6.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="95cad5ced84e1187f1e9da7c48ba24d6"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="geos"