diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index 842836aec76..881f3ac1a27 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'libuv'
 pkgname=libuv
-version=1.15.0
+version=1.16.0
 revision=1
 short_desc="Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build_style="gnu-configure"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 homepage="http://libuv.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/libuv/libuv/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=17afc94ec307be28fe8d4316679171219770df4f993905a79643c7583e106489
+checksum=fe53b53eee3b15db8ae1b25cbfb8740944273e02f5ccd731b176800e2807d832
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh