diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main/checksums.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main/checksums.yml
index 1823383ae..fd270c2f2 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main/checksums.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main/checksums.yml
@@ -946,6 +946,7 @@ gvisor_containerd_shim_binary_checksums:
     20230417: 0
 nerdctl_archive_checksums:
   arm:
+    1.6.0: 20dc5f6912de321d4b6aa8647ce77c261cd6d5726d0b5dfae56bd9cdbd7c28fb
     1.5.0: 36c44498b08a08b652d01812e5f857009373fba64ce9c8ff22e101b205bbc5fb
     1.4.0: b81bece6e8a10762a132f04f54df60d043df4856b5c5ce35d8e6c6936db0b6a0
     1.3.1: ed24086dbea22612dbcc3d14ee6f1d152b0eb6905bd8c84d3413c1f4c8d45d10
@@ -955,6 +956,7 @@ nerdctl_archive_checksums:
     1.1.0: cc3bc31b4df015806717149f13b3b329f8fb62e3631aa2abdbae71664ce5c40d
     1.0.0: 8fd283a2f2272b15f3df43cd79642c25f19f62c3c56ad58bb68afb7ed92904c2
   arm64:
+    1.6.0: d5f1ed3cda151385d313f9007afc708cae0018c9da581088b092328db154d0c6
     1.5.0: 1bb613049a91871614d407273e883057040e8393ef7be9508598a92b2efda4b7
     1.4.0: 0edb064a7d68d0425152ed59472ce7566700b4e547afb300481498d4c7fc6cf1
     1.3.1: 9e82a6a34c89d3e6a65dc8d77a3723d796d71e0784f54a0c762a2a1940294e3b
@@ -964,6 +966,7 @@ nerdctl_archive_checksums:
     1.1.0: a0b57b39341b9d67a3f0ae74e19985c72e930bad14291cbbd8479ed6a6a64e83
     1.0.0: 27622c9d95efe6d807d5f3770d24ddd71719c6ae18f76b5fc89663a51bcd6208
   amd64:
+    1.6.0: fc3e7eef775eff85eb6c16b2761a574e83de444831312bc92e755a1f5577872d
     1.5.0: 6dc945e3dfdc38e77ceafd2ec491af753366a3cf83fefccb1debaed3459829f1
     1.4.0: d8dcd4e270ae76ab294be3a451a2d8299010e69dce6ae559bc3193535610e4cc
     1.3.1: 3ab552877100b336ebe3167aa57f66f99db763742f2bce9e6233644ef77fb7c9
@@ -973,6 +976,7 @@ nerdctl_archive_checksums:
     1.1.0: fcfd36b0b9441541aab0793c0f586599e6d774781c74f16468a3300026120c0e
     1.0.0: 3e993d714e6b88d1803a58d9ff5a00d121f0544c35efed3a3789e19d6ab36964
   ppc64le:
+    1.6.0: c47717ed176f55b291d2068ed6e2445481c391936bd322614e0ff9effe06eb4d
     1.5.0: 169d546d35ba3e6ef088cc81e101f58d5ecb08e71c5ed776c99482854ea3ef8a
     1.4.0: 306d5915b387637407db67ceb96cd89ff7069f0024fb1bbc948a6602638eceaa
     1.3.1: 21700f5fe8786ed7749b61b3dbd49e3f2345461e88fe2014b418a1bdeffbfb99
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main/main.yml
index 628991da9..2e5b96b9d 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ kube_ovn_dpdk_version: "19.11-{{ kube_ovn_version }}"
 kube_router_version: "v1.6.0"
 multus_version: "v3.8"
 helm_version: "v3.12.3"
-nerdctl_version: "1.5.0"
+nerdctl_version: "1.6.0"
 krew_version: "v0.4.4"
 skopeo_version: "v1.13.2"