diff --git a/srcpkgs/iproute2/template b/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
index b95df00cda8..f18a753aa7a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'iproute2'
 pkgname=iproute2
-version=3.15.0
+version=3.16.0
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl flex"
 makedepends="libfl-devel db-devel>=5.3 iptables-devel>=1.4.21"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Iproute2"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/net/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=5359ed1f31839d8542a057c0c4233131ab9c28d8c41fc9c8484579d9c0b99af4
+checksum=1f0a8a6c0e872166f75433f5cbf9766f3002b5c2f13501b3bb8c51846a127b79
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure