diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index a745b4f5c06..af072a6c3a8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
 # Should be kept in sync with 'valadoc' (shared distfiles)
-version=0.56.14
+version=0.56.16
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-valadoc"
 hostmakedepends="flex libxslt pkg-config automake libtool"
-makedepends="libfl-devel libglib-devel"
+makedepends="libfl-devel libglib-devel gobject-introspection"
 checkdepends="dbus libgirepository-devel"
 short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala"
 changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/raw/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9382c268ca9bdc02aaedc8152a9818bf3935273041f629c56de410e360a3f557
+checksum=05487b5600f5d2f09e66a753cccd8f39c1bff9f148aea1b7774d505b9c8bca9b
 shlib_provides="libvalaccodegen.so"
 make_check=extended # take a lot of time