diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-annex/template b/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
index 6558983d483..1f9ae456db3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'git-annex'
 pkgname=git-annex
-version=6.20160229
+version=6.20160527
 revision=1
 nocross=yes
 build_style=haskell-stack
-stackage="lts-5.2"
+stackage="lts-6.0"
 hostmakedepends="ghc stack pkg-config"
 makedepends="gsasl-devel gnutls-devel libxml2-devel rsync curl lsof gnupg2 file-devel"
 # depends are utilities required by git-annex
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ short_desc="Git addon for managing large files"
 maintainer="Evan Deaubl <evan@deaubl.name>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://git-annex.branchable.com"
-distfiles="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1eac609eeedbf01cf088461577b478a3aa99f7ecefa668214308e3b5509c1506
+distfiles="http://github.com/joeyh/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7ced02af94769b4c2c58d29c5fee5a537b55397212c599e425445cccf63a008f
 nopie=yes
 
 post_extract() {