diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
index 5ba5d86ac77a..c1ef980e82d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ninja-${version}";
-  version = "1.5.3";
+  version = "1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     name = "${name}.tar.gz";
     url = "https://github.com/martine/ninja/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1h3yfwcfl61v493vna6jia2fizh8rpig7qw2504cvkr6gid3p5bw";
+    sha256 = "1ryd1686bd31gfdjxnqm6k1ybnjmjz8v97px7lmdkr4g0vxqhgml";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python asciidoc re2c ];