diff --git a/component/qemu-kvm/buildout.cfg b/component/qemu-kvm/buildout.cfg
index c8703c9cdb1f2713ca84b58902e8680f26f87292..9a4c49d6fba7c315edec72b123955b13bb7ec2bf 100644
--- a/component/qemu-kvm/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/qemu-kvm/buildout.cfg
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ extends =
 [kvm]
 recipe = slapos.recipe.cmmi
 # qemu-kvm and qemu are now the same since 1.3.
-url = http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/qemu-1.5.1.tar.bz2
-md5sum = b56e73bdcfdb214d5c68e13111aca96f
+url = http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/qemu-1.6.1.tar.bz2
+md5sum = 3a897d722457c5a895cd6ac79a28fda0
 depends =
   ${libpng:so_version}
 configure-options =