diff --git a/packages/v/vala/abi_symbols b/packages/v/vala/abi_symbols
index 52093729c04..861defd77cb 100644
--- a/packages/v/vala/abi_symbols
+++ b/packages/v/vala/abi_symbols
@@ -2562,6 +2562,15 @@ libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_parenthesized_expression_get_inner
 libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_parenthesized_expression_get_type
 libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_parenthesized_expression_new
 libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_parenthesized_expression_set_inner
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_construct
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_get_directive
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_get_prefix
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_get_type
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_get_value
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_new
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_set_directive
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_set_prefix
+libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_pragma_set_value
 libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_return_statement_construct
 libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_return_statement_get_return_expression
 libvalaccodegen.so:vala_ccode_return_statement_get_type
diff --git a/packages/v/vala/abi_used_symbols b/packages/v/vala/abi_used_symbols
index 5f0093db049..bccc838c87c 100644
--- a/packages/v/vala/abi_used_symbols
+++ b/packages/v/vala/abi_used_symbols
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ libglib-2.0.so.0:g_get_current_dir
 libglib-2.0.so.0:g_get_prgname
 libglib-2.0.so.0:g_get_system_data_dirs
 libglib-2.0.so.0:g_get_tmp_dir
+libglib-2.0.so.0:g_get_user_data_dir
 libglib-2.0.so.0:g_getenv
 libglib-2.0.so.0:g_hash_table_destroy
 libglib-2.0.so.0:g_hash_table_insert
diff --git a/packages/v/vala/package.yml b/packages/v/vala/package.yml
index e3a9c13da08..dee343afa57 100644
--- a/packages/v/vala/package.yml
+++ b/packages/v/vala/package.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name       : vala
-version    : 0.56.14
-release    : 70
+version    : 0.56.16
+release    : 71
 source     :
-    - https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.56/vala-0.56.14.tar.xz : 9382c268ca9bdc02aaedc8152a9818bf3935273041f629c56de410e360a3f557
+    - https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.56/vala-0.56.16.tar.xz : 05487b5600f5d2f09e66a753cccd8f39c1bff9f148aea1b7774d505b9c8bca9b
 homepage   : https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
 component  :
     - programming
diff --git a/packages/v/vala/pspec_x86_64.xml b/packages/v/vala/pspec_x86_64.xml
index 52a6e25525d..3d6729aa046 100644
--- a/packages/v/vala/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/packages/v/vala/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
         <Name>vala</Name>
         <Homepage>https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala</Homepage>
         <Packager>
-            <Name>Reilly Brogan</Name>
-            <Email>solus@reillybrogan.com</Email>
+            <Name>Evan Maddock</Name>
+            <Email>maddock.evan@vivaldi.net</Email>
         </Packager>
         <License>GPL-2.0-or-later</License>
         <License>LGPL-2.1-or-later</License>
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
         <Description xml:lang="en">Vala is a programming language using modern high level abstractions without imposing additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.</Description>
         <PartOf>programming</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="70">libvala</Dependency>
-            <Dependency releaseFrom="70">libvala-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="71">libvala</Dependency>
+            <Dependency releaseFrom="71">libvala-devel</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin/vala</Path>
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
         <Description xml:lang="en">Vala development files</Description>
         <PartOf>programming.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="70">libvala</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="71">libvala</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include/vala-0.56/vala.h</Path>
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
         <Description xml:lang="en">Documentation for Vala</Description>
         <PartOf>programming.docs</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency releaseFrom="70">vala</Dependency>
+            <Dependency releaseFrom="71">vala</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/devhelp/books/vala-0.56/Attributes.html</Path>
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@
         <Description xml:lang="en">Vala Documentation Tool</Description>
         <PartOf>programming.tools</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="70">libvala</Dependency>
-            <Dependency release="70">vala</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="71">vala</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="71">libvala</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin/valadoc</Path>
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@
         <Description xml:lang="en">Valadoc development files</Description>
         <PartOf>programming.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="70">valadoc</Dependency>
-            <Dependency release="70">libvala-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="71">valadoc</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="71">libvala-devel</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include/valadoc-0.56/valadoc.h</Path>
@@ -495,12 +495,12 @@
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="70">
-            <Date>2023-12-21</Date>
-            <Version>0.56.14</Version>
+        <Update release="71">
+            <Date>2024-04-07</Date>
+            <Version>0.56.16</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
-            <Name>Reilly Brogan</Name>
-            <Email>solus@reillybrogan.com</Email>
+            <Name>Evan Maddock</Name>
+            <Email>maddock.evan@vivaldi.net</Email>
         </Update>
     </History>
 </PISI>
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