diff --git a/package/cjson/cjson.hash b/package/cjson/cjson.hash
index c39e884cdd..74844d6aa6 100644
--- a/package/cjson/cjson.hash
+++ b/package/cjson/cjson.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  5308fd4bd90cef7aa060558514de6a1a4a0819974a26e6ed13973c5f624c24b2  cjson-1.7.15.tar.gz
+sha256  451131a92c55efc5457276807fc0c4c2c2707c9ee96ef90c47d68852d5384c6c  cjson-1.7.16.tar.gz
 sha256  a36dda207c36db5818729c54e7ad4e8b0c6fba847491ba64f372c1a2037b6d5c  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/cjson/cjson.mk b/package/cjson/cjson.mk
index ad9d76a4ba..7ed732ac90 100644
--- a/package/cjson/cjson.mk
+++ b/package/cjson/cjson.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CJSON_VERSION = 1.7.15
+CJSON_VERSION = 1.7.16
 CJSON_SITE = $(call github,DaveGamble,cjson,v$(CJSON_VERSION))
 CJSON_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 CJSON_LICENSE = MIT