diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.hash b/package/dbus/dbus.hash
index 92c0c94210..9529d2e04f 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.hash
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.12.10.tar.gz.asc
+# https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.12.16.tar.gz.asc
 # using key 36EC5A6448A4F5EF79BEFE98E05AE1478F814C4F
-sha256	4b693d24976258c3f2fa9cc33ad9288c5fbfa7a16481dbd9a8a429f7aa8cdcf7  dbus-1.12.10.tar.gz
+sha256	54a22d2fa42f2eb2a871f32811c6005b531b9613b1b93a0d269b05e7549fec80  dbus-1.12.16.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256	0e46f54efb12d04ab5c33713bacd0e140c9a35b57ae29e03c853203266e8f3a1  COPYING
diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index 0a56de5a4e..a4043864d1 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-DBUS_VERSION = 1.12.10
+DBUS_VERSION = 1.12.16
 DBUS_SITE = https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus
 DBUS_LICENSE = AFL-2.1 or GPL-2.0+ (library, tools), GPL-2.0+ (tools)
 DBUS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING