diff --git a/srcpkgs/automake/template b/srcpkgs/automake/template
index 74026c1caec..6c6508d1a22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/automake/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/automake/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'automake'.
 pkgname=automake
-version=1.16
+version=1.16.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ hostmakedepends="perl autoconf"
 depends="${hostmakedepends}"
 short_desc="GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/automake"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=f98f2d97b11851cbe7c2d4b4eaef498ae9d17a3c2ef1401609b7b4ca66655b8a
+checksum=5d05bb38a23fd3312b10aea93840feec685bdf4a41146e78882848165d3ae921
 
 do_check() {
 	# taken from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/automake.html