diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index 55689a6c6d..1dac85d74a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
 (define-public openssh
   (package
    (name "openssh")
-   (version "7.5p1")
+   (version "7.6p1")
    (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://openbsd/OpenSSH/portable/"
                                  name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1w7rb5gbrikxdkp8w7zxnci4549gk4bw1lml01s59w5rzb2y6ilq"))))
+               "08qpsb8mrzcx8wgvz9insiyvq7sbg26yj5nvl2m5n57yvppcl8x3"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs `(("groff" ,groff)))
    (inputs `(("openssl" ,openssl)