diff --git a/bucket/kapacitor.json b/bucket/kapacitor.json
index 1294ae325f..2cf527df48 100644
--- a/bucket/kapacitor.json
+++ b/bucket/kapacitor.json
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
-    "version": "1.5.9",
+    "version": "1.6.1",
     "description": "Open source framework for processing, monitoring, and alerting on time series data.",
     "homepage": "https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/kapacitor/",
     "license": "MIT",
     "architecture": {
         "64bit": {
-            "url": "https://dl.influxdata.com/kapacitor/releases/kapacitor-1.5.9_windows_amd64.zip",
-            "hash": "18554ff16bee05db8c5ff4768f800c0979cea67c97fefa5ce592dcd8ed4263e7",
-            "extract_dir": "kapacitor-1.5.9-1"
+            "url": "https://dl.influxdata.com/kapacitor/releases/kapacitor-1.6.1_windows_amd64.zip",
+            "hash": "20bd3992f15aa026d715ad0a43745d985d46e949114af7dda20751d307240adb",
+            "extract_dir": "kapacitor-1.6.1-1"
         }
     },
     "bin": [