diff --git a/package/whois/whois.hash b/package/whois/whois.hash
index 06237b65d4..6b1a3f4cc6 100644
--- a/package/whois/whois.hash
+++ b/package/whois/whois.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# From https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20241116T203634Z/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.5.23.dsc
-sha1  18227c0efec651c31fe764cdc3af17f5389bcc21  whois_5.5.23.tar.xz
-sha256  35c04e46bd8435f46e446a817728b5fae2f0a389033a9383e5e20bb6e8fba14a  whois_5.5.23.tar.xz
+# From https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20250527T144819Z/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.6.1.dsc
+sha1  4c10bcc05b610bfd5a5c9c4465c97cf117826c2b  whois_5.6.1.tar.xz
+sha256  86b4d99d1ea219d2eaa20257b9c549642f101393b4b9369c391370a39341fc32  whois_5.6.1.tar.xz
 
 # Hash for license file:
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYING
diff --git a/package/whois/whois.mk b/package/whois/whois.mk
index ca76b22e6d..a6ed54ab89 100644
--- a/package/whois/whois.mk
+++ b/package/whois/whois.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WHOIS_VERSION = 5.5.23
-WHOIS_SITE = https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20241116T203634Z/pool/main/w/whois
+WHOIS_VERSION = 5.6.1
+WHOIS_SITE = https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20250527T144819Z/pool/main/w/whois
 WHOIS_SOURCE = whois_$(WHOIS_VERSION).tar.xz
 WHOIS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \