diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
index ddd6740c9836..983c881d388d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "thermald-${version}";
-  version = "1.5.4";
+  version = "1.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "01org";
     repo = "thermal_daemon";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0yrlnm1blfxi97af4dbx6xm5w1p8r20raiim1ng08gbqbgnjg56g";
+    sha256 = "1qzvmzkzdrmwrzfbxb2rz1i39j5zskjxiiv1w9m0xyg08p2wr7h3";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig dbus_libs dbus_glib libxml2 ];