diff --git a/package/s6-rc/s6-rc.hash b/package/s6-rc/s6-rc.hash
index 918dc0fd2e..3648bec20a 100644
--- a/package/s6-rc/s6-rc.hash
+++ b/package/s6-rc/s6-rc.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally generated
-sha256 257e2c428336c2b57cd17b65382bc55592759acc65e053e23ad646444f28af52  s6-rc-0.5.1.1.tar.gz
-sha256 487e89990a571700bcdf7c0cbbde2859446f79e85e8b59791adab98fff6b1889  COPYING
+sha256 2842fa55e2bddb65573d78d2c475c4a2f2b26b9258a18b457f8a0342e2fafa0a  s6-rc-0.5.2.1.tar.gz
+sha256 4a5e44a69d649f0c37b29d7f6e5df1bb292b09898247be07f0c97814dac4b15d  COPYING
diff --git a/package/s6-rc/s6-rc.mk b/package/s6-rc/s6-rc.mk
index 3044341371..4e0ef57d7a 100644
--- a/package/s6-rc/s6-rc.mk
+++ b/package/s6-rc/s6-rc.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-S6_RC_VERSION = 0.5.1.1
+S6_RC_VERSION = 0.5.2.1
 S6_RC_SITE = http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc
 S6_RC_LICENSE = ISC
 S6_RC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING