diff --git a/srcpkgs/automake/template b/srcpkgs/automake/template
index 57e0bba7aef..74026c1caec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/automake/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/automake/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'automake'.
 pkgname=automake
-version=1.15.1
+version=1.16
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/automake"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=af6ba39142220687c500f79b4aa2f181d9b24e4f8d8ec497cea4ba26c64bedaf
+checksum=f98f2d97b11851cbe7c2d4b4eaef498ae9d17a3c2ef1401609b7b4ca66655b8a
 
 do_check() {
 	# taken from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/automake.html