diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh b/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
index 2c38dc609..6d52ca989 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ TIFF_VERSION=4.7.0
 LCMS2_VERSION=2.17
 ZLIB_VERSION=1.3.1
 ZLIB_NG_VERSION=2.2.4
-LIBWEBP_VERSION=1.5.0  # Patched; next release won't need patching. See patch file.
+LIBWEBP_VERSION=1.6.0
 BZIP2_VERSION=1.0.8
 LIBXCB_VERSION=1.17.0
 BROTLI_VERSION=1.1.0  # Patched; next release won't need patching. See patch file.
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ function build {
     fi
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $webp_cflags" build_simple libwebp $LIBWEBP_VERSION \
         https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp tar.gz \
-        --enable-libwebpmux --enable-libwebpdemux
+        --enable-libwebpmux --enable-libwebpdemux --disable-libwebpexamples
 
     build_brotli
 
diff --git a/depends/install_webp.sh b/depends/install_webp.sh
index 9d2977715..d7f3cd2f5 100755
--- a/depends/install_webp.sh
+++ b/depends/install_webp.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # install webp
 
-archive=libwebp-1.5.0
+archive=libwebp-1.6.0
 
 ./download-and-extract.sh $archive https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-pillow/pillow-depends/main/$archive.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/patches/iOS/libwebp-1.5.0.tar.gz.patch b/patches/iOS/libwebp-1.5.0.tar.gz.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fefb72b68..000000000
--- a/patches/iOS/libwebp-1.5.0.tar.gz.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# libwebp example binaries require dependencies that aren't available for iOS builds.
-# There's also no easy way to invoke the build to *exclude* the example builds.
-# Since we don't need the examples anyway, remove them from the Makefile.
-#
-# As a point of reference, libwebp provides an XCFramework build script that involves
-# 7 separate invocations of make to avoid building the examples. Patching the Makefile
-# to remove the examples is a simpler approach, and one that is more compatible with
-# the existing multibuild infrastructure.
-# 
-# In the next release, it should be possible to pass --disable-libwebpexamples 
-# instead of applying this patch.
-#
-diff -ur libwebp-1.5.0-orig/Makefile.am libwebp-1.5.0/Makefile.am
---- libwebp-1.5.0-orig/Makefile.am	2024-12-20 09:17:50
-+++ libwebp-1.5.0/Makefile.am	2025-01-09 11:24:17
-@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@
- if BUILD_EXTRAS
-   SUBDIRS += extras
- endif
--
--SUBDIRS += examples
-diff -ur libwebp-1.5.0-orig/Makefile.in libwebp-1.5.0/Makefile.in
---- libwebp-1.5.0-orig/Makefile.in	2024-12-20 09:52:53
-+++ libwebp-1.5.0/Makefile.in	2025-01-09 11:24:17
-@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
-   unique=`for i in $$list; do \
-     if test -f "$$i"; then echo $$i; else echo $(srcdir)/$$i; fi; \
-   done | $(am__uniquify_input)`
--DIST_SUBDIRS = sharpyuv src imageio man extras examples
-+DIST_SUBDIRS = sharpyuv src imageio man extras
- am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in \
- 	$(top_srcdir)/src/webp/config.h.in AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog \
- 	NEWS README.md ar-lib compile config.guess config.sub \
-@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
- webp_libname_prefix = @webp_libname_prefix@
- ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
--SUBDIRS = sharpyuv src imageio man $(am__append_1) examples
-+SUBDIRS = sharpyuv src imageio man $(am__append_1)
- EXTRA_DIST = COPYING autogen.sh
- all: all-recursive
- 
diff --git a/winbuild/build_prepare.py b/winbuild/build_prepare.py
index 187d07b20..6b2d41a7e 100644
--- a/winbuild/build_prepare.py
+++ b/winbuild/build_prepare.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ V = {
     "LIBAVIF": "1.3.0",
     "LIBIMAGEQUANT": "4.3.4",
     "LIBPNG": "1.6.49",
-    "LIBWEBP": "1.5.0",
+    "LIBWEBP": "1.6.0",
     "OPENJPEG": "2.5.3",
     "TIFF": "4.7.0",
     "XZ": "5.8.1",