diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rars/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rars/default.nix
index 47de7887b9ec..8d51fc95cf4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rars/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rars";
-  version = "1.5";
+  version = "1.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/TheThirdOne/rars/releases/download/v${version}/rars1_5.jar";
-    sha256 = "sha256-w75gfARfR46Up6qng1GYL0u8ENfpD3xHhl/yp9lEcUE=";
+    url = "https://github.com/TheThirdOne/rars/releases/download/v${version}/rars1_6.jar";
+    hash = "sha256-eA9zDrRXsbpgnpaKzMLIt32PksPZ2/MMx/2zz7FOjCQ=";
   };
 
   dontUnpack = true;