diff --git a/scripts/VERSIONS b/scripts/VERSIONS
index 1a77af8e..b74221db 100644
--- a/scripts/VERSIONS
+++ b/scripts/VERSIONS
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 OPENSSL_VERSION=3.2.0
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=nghttp2/nghttp2 versioning=semver registryUrl=https://github.com
-NGHTTP2_VERSION=1.59.0
+NGHTTP2_VERSION=1.61.0