diff --git a/scripts/install-buildtools b/scripts/install-buildtools
index 4e6f6e25d72..b92c26c4567 100755
--- a/scripts/install-buildtools
+++ b/scripts/install-buildtools
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ logger = scriptutils.logger_create(PROGNAME, stream=sys.stdout)
 
 DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.split(scripts_path)[0],'buildtools')
 DEFAULT_BASE_URL = 'https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto'
-DEFAULT_RELEASE = 'yocto-5.3.2'
-DEFAULT_INSTALLER_VERSION = '5.3.2'
+DEFAULT_RELEASE = 'yocto-6.1'
+DEFAULT_INSTALLER_VERSION = '6.1'
 DEFAULT_BUILDDATE = '202110XX'
 
 # Python version sanity check