diff --git a/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group b/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
index adfed13..2220804 100644
--- a/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
+++ b/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ ksba_cv_visibility_attribute=yes"};
 	-DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include
 	-DZLIB_LIBRARY=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib/libz.a"};
 : ${PKG_LIBSSH_DEPENDS:="libz"};
-: ${PKG_LIBSSH_SHA256SUM:=b60e2ff7f367b9eee2b5634d3a63303ddfede0e6a18dfca88c44a8770e7e4234};
-: ${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION:=0.10.5};
+: ${PKG_LIBSSH_SHA256SUM:=1861d498f5b6f1741b6abc73e608478491edcf9c9d4b6630eef6e74596de9dc1};
+: ${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION:=0.10.6};
 : ${PKG_LIBSSH_URL:=https://www.libssh.org/files/${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION%.*}/libssh-${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_LIBSSH_SUBDIR:=libssh-${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION}};
 : ${PKG_LIBSSH_CMAKE_ARGS_EXTRA:="
diff --git a/patches/libssh-0.10.3.local.patch b/patches/libssh-0.10.3.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c0d89f..0000000
--- a/patches/libssh-0.10.3.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- libssh-0.10.3/libssh.pc.cmake.orig	2022-07-07 15:53:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ libssh-0.10.3/libssh.pc.cmake	2022-12-27 11:48:22.189598206 +0100
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- Name: ${PROJECT_NAME}
- Description: The SSH Library
- Version: ${PROJECT_VERSION}
--Libs: -L${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} -lssh
-+Libs: -lssh
- Cflags: -I${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
- 
diff --git a/patches/libssh-0.10.6.local.patch b/patches/libssh-0.10.6.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e252554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/libssh-0.10.6.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff -ru libssh-0.10.6.orig/libssh.pc.cmake libssh-0.10.6/libssh.pc.cmake
+--- libssh-0.10.6.orig/libssh.pc.cmake	2022-11-18 16:16:47.000000000 +0100
++++ libssh-0.10.6/libssh.pc.cmake	2023-12-19 14:32:21.461084477 +0100
+@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
+ Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
+ Description: The SSH Library
+ Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -lssh
++Libs: -lssh
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}