diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/unbound b/config/rootfiles/common/unbound
index c31b8a698..a94ea2564 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/unbound
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/unbound
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ etc/unbound/unbound.conf
 #usr/lib/libunbound.la
 #usr/lib/libunbound.so
 usr/lib/libunbound.so.2
-usr/lib/libunbound.so.2.4.3
+usr/lib/libunbound.so.2.4.4
 usr/sbin/unbound
 usr/sbin/unbound-anchor
 usr/sbin/unbound-checkconf
diff --git a/lfs/unbound b/lfs/unbound
index 3494a7b06..2b7745cd0 100644
--- a/lfs/unbound
+++ b/lfs/unbound
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2016  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2017  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.6.0
+VER        = 1.6.1
 
 THISAPP    = unbound-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 78409eccf7260d260b6463f85e59c66b
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = aa808f33d94a36c9312d1b8ad8805e14
 
 install : $(TARGET)