diff --git a/package/nano/nano.hash b/package/nano/nano.hash
index c4866b99db..714046414a 100644
--- a/package/nano/nano.hash
+++ b/package/nano/nano.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v8/nano-8.5.tar.xz.asc
+# https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v8/nano-8.6.tar.xz.asc
 # using key 168E6F4297BFD7A79AFD4496514BBE2EB8E1961F
-sha256  000b011d339c141af9646d43288f54325ff5c6e8d39d6e482b787bbc6654c26a  nano-8.5.tar.xz
+sha256  f7abfbf0eed5f573ab51bd77a458f32d82f9859c55e9689f819d96fe1437a619  nano-8.6.tar.xz
 sha256  fc82ca8b6fdb18d4e3e85cfd8ab58d1bcd3f1b29abe782895abd91d64763f8e7  COPYING
diff --git a/package/nano/nano.mk b/package/nano/nano.mk
index e3005f4dd0..183dc07e7e 100644
--- a/package/nano/nano.mk
+++ b/package/nano/nano.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 NANO_VERSION_MAJOR = 8
-NANO_VERSION = $(NANO_VERSION_MAJOR).5
+NANO_VERSION = $(NANO_VERSION_MAJOR).6
 NANO_SITE = https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v$(NANO_VERSION_MAJOR)
 NANO_SOURCE = nano-$(NANO_VERSION).tar.xz
 NANO_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+