diff --git a/programming/misc/npth/pspec.xml b/programming/misc/npth/pspec.xml
index bc28489153..90ee9dbd6e 100644
--- a/programming/misc/npth/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/misc/npth/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>New portable threads library</Summary>
         <Description>is a non-preemptive threads implementation using an API very similar to the one known from GNU Pth.  It has been designed as a replacement of GNU Pth for non-ancient operating systems.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="93ddf1a3bdbca00fb4cf811498094ca61bbb8ee1" type="tarbz2">ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/npth/npth-1.5.tar.bz2</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="f9d63e9747b027e4e404fe3c20c73c73719e1731" type="tarbz2">ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/npth/npth-1.6.tar.bz2</Archive>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="6">
+            <Date>2020-01-19</Date>
+            <Version>1.6</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>İdris Kalp</Name>
+            <Email>idriskalp@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="5">
             <Date>2018-08-03</Date>
             <Version>1.5</Version>