diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
index 85a5860d5c..0bcb74d392 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 class PyjniusRecipe(CythonRecipe):
-    version = '1.5.0'
+    version = '1.6.1'
     url = 'https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/archive/{version}.zip'
     name = 'pyjnius'
     depends = [('genericndkbuild', 'sdl2'), 'six']