diff --git a/dns/coredns/Makefile b/dns/coredns/Makefile
index e6d61ca77cca..74aff5016e40 100644
--- a/dns/coredns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/coredns/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	coredns
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.0-9
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-g7be2226e
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/dns/coredns/distinfo b/dns/coredns/distinfo
index 7e74572d28ab..6c1ae12ec420 100644
--- a/dns/coredns/distinfo
+++ b/dns/coredns/distinfo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1564595333
-SHA256 (coredns-coredns-v1.6.0-9-g7be2226e_GH0.tar.gz) = 9d91a80d0f2cdac37e108c9e35799185d2cd29501f1ec6dac14c849d9c82bfa7
-SIZE (coredns-coredns-v1.6.0-9-g7be2226e_GH0.tar.gz) = 466342
+TIMESTAMP = 1564726727
+SHA256 (coredns-coredns-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 922af376c264a56e8ab4233f315277a146bc0ec8f29ae878f837df285552c616
+SIZE (coredns-coredns-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 466692
 SHA256 (DataDog-dd-trace-go-v1.15.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9b9ea8e7dbbacf9796a6c4a4e3071959966b4fc0d3c0a81ac4e63f310be32aa4
 SIZE (DataDog-dd-trace-go-v1.15.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 3721785
 SHA256 (DataDog-zstd-v1.3.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 930508b329b99aa89f2c72ec8e5a5acb1a8452ce0c1f4611897dc7fffd93e999