diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index 76032f9b62..d4bf29cc20 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ (define-public libssh2
 (define-public openssh
   (package
    (name "openssh")
-   (version "7.1p1")
+   (version "7.1p2")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (let ((tail (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz")))
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ (define-public openssh
                          (string-append "http://ftp2.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/"
                                         tail))))
             (sha256 (base32
-                     "0a44mnr8bvw41zg83xh4sb55d8nds29j95gxvxk5qg863lnns2pw"))))
+                     "1gbbvszz74lkc7b2mqr3ccgpm65zj0k5h7a2ssh0c7pjvhjg0xfx"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("groff" ,groff)
              ("openssl" ,openssl)