diff --git a/subprojects/.gitignore b/subprojects/.gitignore
index ea3bb20dc..9cdd68801 100644
--- a/subprojects/.gitignore
+++ b/subprojects/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /freetype2
 /glib
 /packagecache
-/benchmark-1.4.1
+/benchmark-*
 /cairo
 /ragel-6.10
diff --git a/subprojects/google-benchmark.wrap b/subprojects/google-benchmark.wrap
index 876927d6e..268ddf929 100644
--- a/subprojects/google-benchmark.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/google-benchmark.wrap
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 [wrap-file]
-directory = benchmark-1.5.2
-source_url = https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/v1.5.2.zip
-source_filename = benchmark-1.5.2.zip
-source_hash = 21e6e096c9a9a88076b46bd38c33660f565fa050ca427125f64c4a8bf60f336b
-patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v1/projects/google-benchmark/1.5.2/1/get_zip
-patch_filename = google-benchmark-1.5.2-1-wrap.zip
-patch_hash = 49f41e4a7e68ac258b6509b9de9857441903be4fb473454c4cba8be885f0c6c3
+directory = benchmark-1.6.0
+source_url = https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.0.tar.gz
+source_filename = benchmark-1.6.0.tar.gz
+source_hash = 1f71c72ce08d2c1310011ea6436b31e39ccab8c2db94186d26657d41747c85d6
+patch_filename = google-benchmark_1.6.0-1_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/google-benchmark_1.6.0-1/get_patch
+patch_hash = f2feff0641a5ebf6b893a4f49ea0bff566ba866ee993c5c3aef62ff40cdc6b14
 
+[provide]
+benchmark = google_benchmark_dep