diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/template b/srcpkgs/redis/template
index 9460d6d01d1..fb42cbe8451 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'redis'
 pkgname=redis
-version=2.8.15
+version=2.8.16
 revision=1
 homepage="http://redis.io"
 distfiles="http://download.redis.io/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 short_desc="advanced key-value store"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="BSD"
-checksum=2bc8cacf2b9a22fe7fd0cc8d794db7f6ea6d919083482184df86d40e5e3de38f
+checksum=f3aeabb2472c166cd8e9e04390841f5fc6a306f78c95a3302fdc51b647170744
 system_accounts="redis"
 redis_homedir="/var/lib/redis"
 conf_files="/etc/redis/redis.conf"