diff --git a/gnu/packages/irc.scm b/gnu/packages/irc.scm
index db398de530..bda56f9dc7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/irc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/irc.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Kevin Lemonnier <lemonnierk@ulrar.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 ng0 <ngillmann@runbox.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.")
 (define-public weechat
   (package
     (name "weechat")
-    (version "1.5")
+    (version "1.6")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0w87w4wy61x705ama8h36z9mgdj2gmmzdfrsxvwyh2m2as2max1i"))
+                "0lyqrymdjdvkzg8510l46c4zw8mjagnmri2i6m9y9qz0c1sfaq9h"))
               (patches (search-patches "weechat-python.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)