diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix
index fc7da8fe9baa..c19646ac529a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kbd";
-  version = "2.5.1";
+  version = "2.6.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/kbd/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-zN9FI4emOAlz0pJzY+nLuTn6IGiRWm+Tf/nSRSICRoM=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-LrbGyXK+lYm6tzMnW/AgvrX2RNX5Q5c3kg5wGvbPNIU=";
   };
 
   # vlock is moved into its own output, since it depends on pam. This