diff --git a/srcpkgs/vpn-slice/template b/srcpkgs/vpn-slice/template
index 281d4d9ef80..f7bb3499b98 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vpn-slice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vpn-slice/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vpn-slice'
 pkgname=vpn-slice
-version=0.15
-revision=2
+version=0.16.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-dnspython python3-setproctitle iproute2"
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ maintainer="Jony <maybe-one-day-ubermensch@protonmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/dlenski/vpn-slice"
 distfiles="https://github.com/dlenski/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9e6f2fc9c1305d78e804529ddc7e787a88d185ba7a3560218ab5cdee4233a757
+checksum=ecdb1c434c611427447b4884ea46845584ab08e40687e3dd4ffbdb7cd9bbcbde
+make_check=no # there aren't any tests defined