diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index ad7fcf498e..17c3c36de5 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-IPROUTE2_VERSION = 3.15.0
+IPROUTE2_VERSION = 3.16.0
 IPROUTE2_SOURCE = iproute2-$(IPROUTE2_VERSION).tar.xz
 IPROUTE2_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/net/iproute2
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex