diff --git a/srcpkgs/tzdata/template b/srcpkgs/tzdata/template
index 90113e752ac..804c99346f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tzdata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tzdata/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'tzdata'
 pkgname=tzdata
-version=2016a
+version=2016b
 revision=1
 wrksrc=${pkgname}
 create_wrksrc=yes
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ short_desc="Time zone and daylight-saving time data"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5efa6b324e64ef921ef700ac3273a51895f672684a30e342f68e47871c6a8cd1
+checksum=6392091d92556a32de488ea06a055c51bc46b7d8046c8a677f0ccfe286b3dbdc
 
 do_install() {
 	local timezones="africa antarctica asia australasia europe northamerica \