diff --git a/hardware/arduino/sam/platform.txt b/hardware/arduino/sam/platform.txt
index 822d91732..afe4fdcfb 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/sam/platform.txt
+++ b/hardware/arduino/sam/platform.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/wiki/Arduino-IDE-1.5-3rd-party-Hardware-specification
 
 name=Arduino ARM (32-bits) Boards
-version=1.6.8
+version=1.6.9
 
 # SAM3 compile variables
 # ----------------------