diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-annex/template b/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
index d9b5ab3eb1d..8b7246789e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'git-annex'
 pkgname=git-annex
-version=5.20151218
+version=6.20160126
 revision=1
 nocross=yes
 build_style=haskell-stack
-stackage="lts-4.1"
+stackage="lts-5.2"
 hostmakedepends="ghc stack pkg-config"
 makedepends="gsasl-devel gnutls-devel libxml2-devel rsync curl lsof gnupg2"
 # depends are utilities required by git-annex
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ 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=d8aed73cbc1d1eefcbe6de7790c83f1d6458b4ac1e910d9a34b22782d16142ca
+checksum=dc59f670a3d0bdb90db8fc6cadba8003708219bb0dc3d56867a9246d825c0d11
 nopie=yes
 
 post_extract() {