diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 0c8f97f6be..f9007b1b36 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 David Hashe <david.hashe@dhashe.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ (define-public xdg-utils
 (define-public libinput
   (package
     (name "libinput")
-    (version "1.5.3")
+    (version "1.6.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://freedesktop.org/software/libinput/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1qx623nyr49sxv49ilb0j85skgk1dhkr82vd577ywyjf7d96q84i"))))
+                "0cjq4mjqx8c7iiign330s34dvpw38rlv8byaxlx68p3kim8lylxp"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("cairo" ,cairo)