diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index fae10d0e16..20db069e0f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2019 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2021 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2017–2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Stefan Reichör <stefan@xsteve.at>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Nikita <nikita@n0.is>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
 (define-public openssh
   (package
    (name "openssh")
-   (version "8.5p1")
+   (version "8.6p1")
    (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://openbsd/OpenSSH/portable/"
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
              (patches (search-patches "openssh-hurd.patch"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "09gc8rv7728chxraab85dzkdikaw4aph1wlcwcc9kai9si0kybzm"))))
+               "1bnpivgk98h2f9afpp88jv6g9ps83vnpxd031n2jqxi12vdf9rn3"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs `(("groff" ,groff)
                     ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))