diff --git a/devel/meson/Makefile b/devel/meson/Makefile
index 850d263157ac..7e8c94024e84 100644
--- a/devel/meson/Makefile
+++ b/devel/meson/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	meson
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/mesonbuild/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${PORTVERSION}/
 
diff --git a/devel/meson/distinfo b/devel/meson/distinfo
index f0b367447053..787492978c80 100644
--- a/devel/meson/distinfo
+++ b/devel/meson/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1729448447
-SHA256 (meson-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 999b65f21c03541cf11365489c1fad22e2418bb0c3d50ca61139f2eec09d5496
-SIZE (meson-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 2277602
+TIMESTAMP = 1734381283
+SHA256 (meson-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 1eca49eb6c26d58bbee67fd3337d8ef557c0804e30a6d16bfdf269db997464de
+SIZE (meson-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 2276144