diff --git a/libraries/opensaml/opensaml.SlackBuild b/libraries/opensaml/opensaml.SlackBuild
index c2d281af22..7d540a7bda 100644
--- a/libraries/opensaml/opensaml.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/opensaml/opensaml.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for OpenSAML
 
-# Copyright 2013-2016 Thibaut Notteboom, Paris, FRANCE
+# Copyright 2013-2017 Thibaut Notteboom, Paris, FRANCE
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=opensaml
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/opensaml/opensaml.info b/libraries/opensaml/opensaml.info
index 04cd03c4a3..83bd3543e1 100644
--- a/libraries/opensaml/opensaml.info
+++ b/libraries/opensaml/opensaml.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="opensaml"
-VERSION="2.6.0"
+VERSION="2.6.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/OpenSAML/Home"
-DOWNLOAD="http://shibboleth.net/downloads/c++-opensaml/2.6.0/opensaml-2.6.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="590a6289399b1bf5ed7a3bc9549504ec"
+DOWNLOAD="http://shibboleth.net/downloads/c++-opensaml/2.6.1/opensaml-2.6.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="27941402e30365f725910f47264c5a62"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="xmltooling"