diff --git a/periodicstats/Makefile b/periodicstats/Makefile
index 7a3069f6f..b7a5c1e49 100644
--- a/periodicstats/Makefile
+++ b/periodicstats/Makefile
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=periodicstats
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.1
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dev.iopsys.eu/bbf/periodicstats.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=63c65f55d00442f5bc1f5a3100abf94e52cd0075
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=dd8353d84ef9431936d09c7379d0e4b20035cdb3
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=skip
 endif