diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsboat/template b/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
index 578e4d3e4c5..b53b6a5b6de 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'newsboat'
 pkgname=newsboat
-version=2.15
+version=2.16.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="newsboat-r${version}"
 build_style=configure
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build_helper="rust"
 configure_script="./config.sh"
 make_build_target="all doc"
 make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
-hostmakedepends="asciidoc pkg-config cargo"
+hostmakedepends="asciidoc pkg-config cargo git"
 makedepends="json-c-devel libcurl-devel libxml2-devel sqlite-devel stfl-devel
  rust-std"
 checkdepends="ncurses-base"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://www.newsboat.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newsboat/newsboat/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/archive/r${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bfb76f7a6ea33b9a6b0327c827cb2d3d6de6de78800bc4b558b26bff3e36b51a
+checksum=c125cf906a074598104476fecddae5e4f4dd26c9d22750bb1e8ccfd7a11813c2
 
 CXXFLAGS=" -Wno-error=sign-compare"
 
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	vsconf doc/example-bookmark-plugin.sh bookmark-plugin.sh
 	mv "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/examples/config" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/examples/${pkgname}"
+	vmkdir usr/share/examples/${pkgname}/contrib
+	vcopy contrib/* usr/share/examples/${pkgname}/contrib
 }