diff --git a/libraries/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.SlackBuild b/libraries/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.SlackBuild
index 58698adcd5..d5da8bff60 100644
--- a/libraries/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=flatbuffers
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.5.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ find samples/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 )
 rm docs/source/CONTRIBUTING.md
 cp -rav docs/html docs/source/*.{md,txt} samples/ \
-        CONTRIBUTING.md LICENSE.txt ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md  \
+        CONTRIBUTING.md LICENSE.txt \
         $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 install -m644 readme.md $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
diff --git a/libraries/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.info b/libraries/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.info
index 8807936177..63bdc9de48 100644
--- a/libraries/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.info
+++ b/libraries/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="flatbuffers"
-VERSION="1.5.0"
+VERSION="1.6.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/archive/v1.5.0/flatbuffers-1.5.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="34df3c68712f1ce7c0ba7a77d6762d70"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/archive/v1.6.0/flatbuffers-1.6.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="6ae7f9db53072459a9d4be053076a673"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""