diff --git a/peripherals/nrf5x_sdk/Kconfig b/peripherals/nrf5x_sdk/Kconfig
index d30c571da3..85f8d30d5f 100644
--- a/peripherals/nrf5x_sdk/Kconfig
+++ b/peripherals/nrf5x_sdk/Kconfig
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ if PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK
         config PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK_V1600
             bool "v16.0.0"
             
+        config PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK_V1610
+            bool "v16.1.0" 
+            
         config PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK_LATEST_VERSION
             bool "latest"
     endchoice
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ if PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK
        string
        default "v13.0.0"    if PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK_V1300
        default "v16.0.0"    if PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK_V1600
+       default "v16.1.0"    if PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK_V1610
        default "latest"    if PKG_USING_NRF5X_SDK_LATEST_VERSION
 
 endif
diff --git a/peripherals/nrf5x_sdk/package.json b/peripherals/nrf5x_sdk/package.json
index 2c0fb5b6c9..07856e9888 100644
--- a/peripherals/nrf5x_sdk/package.json
+++ b/peripherals/nrf5x_sdk/package.json
@@ -20,20 +20,26 @@
   "site": [
     {
       "version": "v13.0.0",
-      "URL": "https://github.com/supperthomas/nrf5x_sdk/archive/V13.0.0.zip",
+      "URL": "https://github.com/supperthomas/nrf5x_sdk.git",
       "filename": "nrf5x_sdk-13.0.0.zip",
-      "VER_SHA": "release"
+      "VER_SHA": "f5d7ad0eb1390f5b78853212f5869a1d924d141a"
     },
     {
       "version": "v16.0.0",
-      "URL": "https://github.com/supperthomas/nrf5x_sdk/archive/V16.0.0.zip",
+      "URL": "https://github.com/supperthomas/nrf5x_sdk.git",
       "filename": "nrf5x_sdk-16.0.0.zip",
-      "VER_SHA": "release"
+      "VER_SHA": "6db224187ced164181457185cb0ac402be2efa91"
+    },
+    {
+      "version": "v16.1.0",
+      "URL": "https://github.com/supperthomas/nrf5x_sdk.git",
+      "filename": "nrf5x_sdk-16.1.0.zip",
+      "VER_SHA": "bdd5f9df690ae4cca39baab6e5ade6a6b6179c0e"
     },
     {
       "version": "latest",
       "URL": "https://github.com/supperthomas/nrf5x_sdk.git",
-      "filename": "nrf5x_sdk-16.0.0",
+      "filename": "nrf5x_sdk-latest",
       "VER_SHA": "master"
     }
   ]