diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-default.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-default.inc
index 88d109b452..9aeaeac077 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-default.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-default.inc
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_uclibc-initial           ?= "${UCLIBCVERSION}"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_elfutils ?= "0.148"
 # don't use version earlier than 1.4 for gzip-native, as it's necessary for
 # some packages using an archive format incompatible with earlier gzip
-PREFERRED_VERSION_gzip-native ?= "1.5"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_gzip-native ?= "1.6"
 
 # Setup suitable toolchain flags
 require conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.5.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.5.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index f7b859374a..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.5.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-require gzip.inc
-
-PR = "r0"
-
-PROVIDES_append_class-native = " gzip-replacement-native"
-NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX = "/${PN}"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
-
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "11b76536941ee1c0221fe6eefbcb32cb"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b5d56e8ffc9918e8c941fab56e04121194f9870adeeb859e09c09eac264035a3"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.6.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.6.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c728dff5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.6.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require gzip.inc
+
+PROVIDES_append_class-native = " gzip-replacement-native"
+NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX = "/${PN}"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "38603cb2843bf5681ff41aab3bcd6a20"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "97eb83b763d9e5ad35f351fe5517e6b71521d7aac7acf3e3cacdb6b1496d8f7e"