diff --git a/package/civetweb/civetweb.hash b/package/civetweb/civetweb.hash
index bdf6d77427..0daa6efee2 100644
--- a/package/civetweb/civetweb.hash
+++ b/package/civetweb/civetweb.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  90a533422944ab327a4fbb9969f0845d0dba05354f9cacce3a5005fa59f593b9  civetweb-1.15.tar.gz
-sha256  24d3d2aee56ae3cddcdf3392c1250877818108314233cf15f2bc9eb3ac298934  LICENSE.md
+sha256  f0e471c1bf4e7804a6cfb41ea9d13e7d623b2bcc7bc1e2a4dd54951a24d60285  civetweb-1.16.tar.gz
+sha256  bc24af9ffb777f4842f8556ac752efd5ea212c55d2eccfae58cc2c2a24ea1f03  LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
index a299de85e9..633ae21c00 100644
--- a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
+++ b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CIVETWEB_VERSION = 1.15
+CIVETWEB_VERSION = 1.16
 CIVETWEB_SITE = $(call github,civetweb,civetweb,v$(CIVETWEB_VERSION))
 CIVETWEB_LICENSE = MIT
 CIVETWEB_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md