diff --git a/misc/py-emoji/Makefile b/misc/py-emoji/Makefile
index 2a0e3c2d028d..12e7029a7ad7 100644
--- a/misc/py-emoji/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-emoji/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 PORTNAME=	emoji
-PORTVERSION=	0.6.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kevans@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Emoji support for Python
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-emoji/distinfo b/misc/py-emoji/distinfo
index 7d110020a323..3609251a1a7b 100644
--- a/misc/py-emoji/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-emoji/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1608087208
-SHA256 (emoji-0.6.0.tar.gz) = e42da4f8d648f8ef10691bc246f682a1ec6b18373abfd9be10ec0b398823bd11
-SIZE (emoji-0.6.0.tar.gz) = 51003
+TIMESTAMP = 1634542901
+SHA256 (emoji-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 53d61a8e4c025f6c295ab99c842302c66d47952199c4fde66dd060dee3ad4324
+SIZE (emoji-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 170014