diff --git a/conky/.md5sum b/conky/.md5sum
index 6cd83f382..889933cf3 100644
--- a/conky/.md5sum
+++ b/conky/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2872126a23c10083e0f91289bd8da103  conky-1.6.0.tar.bz2
+b2839f21cec18e5eaa338c7440a1ba28  conky-1.6.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/conky/Pkgfile b/conky/Pkgfile
index 35e0465f0..1bb1494a2 100644
--- a/conky/Pkgfile
+++ b/conky/Pkgfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Description: a light-weight system monitor
+# Description: Light-weight system monitor
 # URL:         http://conky.sourceforge.net/
 # Maintainer:  Juergen Daubert, juergen dot daubert at t-online dot de
 # Depends on:  glib, xorg-libxdamage, xorg-libxext, xorg-libxft
 
 name=conky
-version=1.6.0
+version=1.6.1
 release=1
 source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/conky/$name-$version.tar.bz2)