diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
index f1eb4072dd6..6db615cdc84 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-simplejson'
 pkgname=python-simplejson
-version=3.15.0
+version=3.16.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="simplejson-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license="MIT, AFL-2.1"
 homepage="https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson"
 #changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simplejson/simplejson/master/CHANGES.txt"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/simplejson/simplejson-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ad332f65d9551ceffc132d0a683f4ffd12e4bc7538681100190d577ced3473fb
+checksum=b1f329139ba647a9548aa05fb95d046b4a677643070dc2afc05fa2e975d09ca5
 
 do_check() {
 	python3 setup.py test