diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3306d708..5a43741e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Currently FFmpeg 8.1 is built with the following packages enabled for all platfo
 - libsvtav1 4.1.0
 - vpx 1.16.0
 - png 1.6.58
-- webp 1.5.0
+- webp 1.6.0
 - opencore-amr 0.1.6
 - x264 32c3b801191522961102d4bea292cdb61068d0dd
 - x265 4.2
diff --git a/scripts/build-ffmpeg.py b/scripts/build-ffmpeg.py
index c39120a9..9ddb5d5e 100644
--- a/scripts/build-ffmpeg.py
+++ b/scripts/build-ffmpeg.py
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ def calculate_sha256(filename: str) -> str:
     ),
     Package(
         name="webp",
-        source_url="https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.0.tar.gz",
-        sha256="668c9aba45565e24c27e17f7aaf7060a399f7f31dba6c97a044e1feacb930f37",
-        source_filename="webp-1.5.0.tar.gz",
+        source_url="https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.0.tar.gz",
+        sha256="93a852c2b3efafee3723efd4636de855b46f9fe1efddd607e1f42f60fc8f2136",
+        source_filename="webp-1.6.0.tar.gz",
         build_system="cmake",
         build_arguments=[
             "-DWEBP_BUILD_ANIM_UTILS=OFF",