diff --git a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.hash b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.hash
index 35767a27fe..ca2a79496c 100644
--- a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.hash
+++ b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-1.15.1.tar.bz2.sig
+# https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-1.16.0.tar.bz2.sig
 # using key D8692123C4065DEA5E0F3AB5249B39D24F25E3B6
-sha256  eebc3c1b27f1c8979896ff361ba9bb4778b508b2496c2fc10e3775a40b1de1ad  gpgme-1.15.1.tar.bz2
+sha256  6c8cc4aedb10d5d4c905894ba1d850544619ee765606ac43df7405865de29ed0  gpgme-1.16.0.tar.bz2
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  ca0061fc1381a3ab242310e4b3f56389f28e3d460eb2fd822ed7a21c6f030532  COPYING.LESSER
diff --git a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
index 95a419258b..f61e9fe41a 100644
--- a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
+++ b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGPGME_VERSION = 1.15.1
+LIBGPGME_VERSION = 1.16.0
 LIBGPGME_SITE = https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgme
 LIBGPGME_SOURCE = gpgme-$(LIBGPGME_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBGPGME_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+