diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent/0001-scripts-common.m4-Insert-spaces-in-shell-lists.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent/0001-scripts-common.m4-Insert-spaces-in-shell-lists.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd075c0b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent/0001-scripts-common.m4-Insert-spaces-in-shell-lists.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From da3687c276078e8ad1df3c972bd1d5deaffb3dc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:45:02 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] scripts/common.m4: Insert spaces in shell lists
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+$1=$(echo "$result" | tr -d '\n')
+
+removes all newlines without inserting spaces
+That usually isn’t what we want for shell lists.
+It should typically be space-separated output.
+
+Fixes a bug seen with yocto where compiler is not a single word
+but a string e.g.
+
+ccache aarch64-yoe-linux-musl-clang++  -mcpu=cortex-a72+crc+nocrypto   --dyld-prefix=/usr -fstack-protector-strong  -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security --sysroot=/mnt/b/yoe/master/build/tmp/work/cortexa72-yoe-linux-musl/libtorrent/0.16.1/recipe-sysroot
+
+It changes it to
+
+ccacheaarch64-yoe-linux-musl-clang++-mcpu=cortex-a72+crc+nocrypto--dyld-prefix=/usr-fstack-protector-strong-O2-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-Wformat-Wformat-security-Werror=format-security--sysroot=/mnt/b/yoe/master/build/tmp/work/cortexa72-yoe-linux-musl/libtorrent/0.16.1/recipe-sysroot
+
+When doing c++17 checks on compiler, resulting in failure
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/pull/1620]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ scripts/common.m4 | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/scripts/common.m4 b/scripts/common.m4
+index 7129204..d8ee019 100644
+--- a/scripts/common.m4
++++ b/scripts/common.m4
+@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_REMOVE_UNWANTED],
+     $1="$2"
+   else
+     result=`echo "${values_to_check}" | $GREP -Fvx -- "${unwanted_values}" | $GREP -v '^$'`
+-    $1=$(echo "$result" | tr -d '\n')
++    # join with spaces, squeeze repeats, and trim trailing space
++    $1=$(printf '%s\n' "$result" | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/  */ /g; s/ *$//')
+   fi
+ ])
+
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.10.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.16.1.bb
similarity index 57%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.10.0.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.16.1.bb
index 02a97cd6e3..0030b7593d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.10.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.16.1.bb
@@ -5,16 +5,11 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 
 DEPENDS = "autoconf-archive libsigc++-2.0 curl cppunit libtool libtorrent ncurses"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent;branch=master;protocol=https"
-SRCREV = "a88cab6d2e764e22cac232ef8d5af039d41b8280"
-
-
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', d)}"
-
-PACKAGECONFIG[ipv6] = "--enable-ipv6,--disable-ipv6,"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent;branch=master;protocol=https;tag=v${PV} \
+           file://0001-scripts-common.m4-Insert-spaces-in-shell-lists.patch \
+		   "
+SRCREV = "b38f80e59795dc6728b2c31ac3eab564651ce46d"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
-EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=aclocal"
-
-CXXFLAGS += "-std=gnu++14"
+EXTRA_OECONF:append:libc-musl = " --disable-execinfo"