diff --git a/srcpkgs/apt/template b/srcpkgs/apt/template
index cc1a5afdacd..f10fe872192 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apt/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'apt'
 pkgname=apt
-version=2.0.0
+version=2.1.6
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DDPKG_DATADIR=/usr/share/dpkg -DCURRENT_VENDOR=debian
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Elie ROUDNINSKI <xademax@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Debian/apt/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a01f4e7a951a6a7898cc2c5065e507ae771697c38b0ed59941df56d68bf6b91d
+checksum=626fd26b4810b7ff7861c4ffd79ce75f6ca6409484c3bafee48feec83728443b
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) broken="error: void value not ignored as it ought to be" ;;