diff --git a/.github/workflows/wave.yml b/.github/workflows/wave.yml
index 2f5c6811447..11033675641 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wave.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wave.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=seqeralabs/wave-cli versioning=semver
-  WAVE_VERSION: "1.5.0"
+  WAVE_VERSION: "1.6.1"
   # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=askimed/nf-test versioning=semver
   NFT_VER: "0.9.3"
   # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=nextflow/nextflow versioning=semver