diff --git a/devel/libcjson/Makefile b/devel/libcjson/Makefile
index 787b363c86ed3..6d0020cce8aad 100644
--- a/devel/libcjson/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libcjson/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	libcjson
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.15
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.16
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
diff --git a/devel/libcjson/distinfo b/devel/libcjson/distinfo
index 264e47458b590..e168c7954d4af 100644
--- a/devel/libcjson/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libcjson/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1632036850
-SHA256 (DaveGamble-cJSON-v1.7.15_GH0.tar.gz) = 5308fd4bd90cef7aa060558514de6a1a4a0819974a26e6ed13973c5f624c24b2
-SIZE (DaveGamble-cJSON-v1.7.15_GH0.tar.gz) = 352278
+TIMESTAMP = 1688902003
+SHA256 (DaveGamble-cJSON-v1.7.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 451131a92c55efc5457276807fc0c4c2c2707c9ee96ef90c47d68852d5384c6c
+SIZE (DaveGamble-cJSON-v1.7.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 353498