diff --git a/packages/termux-elf-cleaner/build.sh b/packages/termux-elf-cleaner/build.sh
index 421c6d669..f02576b03 100644
--- a/packages/termux-elf-cleaner/build.sh
+++ b/packages/termux-elf-cleaner/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-3.0"
 # NOTE: The termux-elf-cleaner.cpp file is used by build-package.sh
 #       to create a native binary. Bumping this version will need
 #       updating the checksum used there.
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.5
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.6
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/termux/termux-elf-cleaner/archive/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=7f4ee9e8921ae72054c9ad075d8c48bb3d44d71326ef0ef423b9add2e0461a09
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=94ea8ed64c57f8222ebf933e960be97030a903395d750b499eb792892e0d836f
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh
index fcc358167..3f5fe2a2a 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ termux_step_start_build() {
 	termux_download \
 		"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/termux/termux-elf-cleaner/v$TERMUX_ELF_CLEANER_VERSION/termux-elf-cleaner.cpp" \
 		"$TERMUX_ELF_CLEANER_SRC" \
-		69a849c41a5160044d38eb2b16f44525eeebb753a08efbd9e846bc5bdbfea5b1
+		96044b5e0a32ba9ce8bea96684a0723a9b777c4ae4b6739eaafc444dc23f6d7a
 	if [ "$TERMUX_ELF_CLEANER_SRC" -nt "$TERMUX_ELF_CLEANER" ]; then
 		g++ -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Os -D__ANDROID_API__=$TERMUX_PKG_API_LEVEL \
 			"$TERMUX_ELF_CLEANER_SRC" -o "$TERMUX_ELF_CLEANER"