diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix
index aa8032c52800..af88172c57a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec
 {
   name = "openvdb-${version}";
-  version = "6.0.0";
+  version = "6.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dreamworksanimation";
     repo = "openvdb";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "07m012a966l821f09jmrrhs25cs2rcmhlxcicywibllaac10wk5k";
+    sha256 = "0rs50741c4m0jgc7k2fdyinvm7hhjrbg0wls6whqaghbbaf1lhpk";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" ];