diff --git a/.dtc.metadata b/.dtc.metadata
index ca25e7c..8e35f1d 100644
--- a/.dtc.metadata
+++ b/.dtc.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-65f5d8ec5e15137d1db05049568ecea05217a94d SOURCES/v1.4.6.tar.gz
+896684186ac790f124d157508e9a7bc194b0fc9c SOURCES/v1.6.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2930870..afa96a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/v1.4.6.tar.gz
+SOURCES/v1.6.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/dtc.spec b/SPECS/dtc.spec
index 7deb5cf..9641986 100644
--- a/SPECS/dtc.spec
+++ b/SPECS/dtc.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-Name:           dtc
-Version:        1.4.6
-Release:        1%{?dist}
-Summary:        Device Tree Compiler
+Name:          dtc
+Version:       1.6.0
+Release:       1%{?dist}
+Summary:       Device Tree Compiler
 Group:          Development/Tools
-License:        GPLv2+
-URL:            https://devicetree.org/
-Source:         https://github.com/dgibson/dtc/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
-
+License:       GPLv2+
+URL:           https://devicetree.org/
+Source:        https://github.com/dgibson/dtc/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
+
 BuildRequires: gcc make
-BuildRequires: flex, bison
+BuildRequires: flex bison
 
 %description
 Devicetree is a data structure for describing hardware. Rather than hard coding
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1 CC="gcc $RPM_OPT_FLAGS $RPM_LD_FLAGS" NO_PYTHON=1
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT SETUP_PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=%{_libdir} NO_PYTHON=1
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/*.a
 
-# we don't want or need ftdump, so drop
+# we don't want or need ftdump and it conflicts with freetype-demos, so drop
+# it (rhbz 797805)
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/ftdump
 
 %post -n libfdt -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_includedir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 17 2020 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 1.6.0-1
+- Use 1.6.0 version [bz#1679676]
+- Resolves: bz#1679676
+  (dtc changes blocked until gating tests are added)
+
 * Thu Aug 09 2018 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 1.4.6-1
 - Updated for RHEL 8 [bz#1518440]
 - Resolves: bz#1518440
@@ -91,3 +97,4 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 * Fri Jul 25 2014 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 1.4.0-1
 - Initial version
+