diff --git a/network/dogecoin/dogecoin.SlackBuild b/network/dogecoin/dogecoin.SlackBuild
index e57c2ecf15..91fd5eb5c9 100644
--- a/network/dogecoin/dogecoin.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/dogecoin/dogecoin.SlackBuild
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 PRGNAM=dogecoin
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.5.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a doc/README.md COPYING LICENSE $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a doc/README.md COPYING $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/network/dogecoin/dogecoin.info b/network/dogecoin/dogecoin.info
index c899d12cf3..a2d688c7b0 100644
--- a/network/dogecoin/dogecoin.info
+++ b/network/dogecoin/dogecoin.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="dogecoin"
-VERSION="1.5.2"
+VERSION="1.6"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.dogecoin.com"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/archive/1.5.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="7c556753bad5502a2aa325dc108e15fb"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/archive/1.6.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2340d89110f00c68fa748ab7b74a6087"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""