diff --git a/ports/cairo/CONTROL b/ports/cairo/CONTROL
index d33147b18b976f..fd3ce1187fbeee 100644
--- a/ports/cairo/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/cairo/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: cairo
-Version: 1.15.8-5
+Version: 1.16.0
 Description: Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System (via both Xlib and XCB), Quartz, Win32, image buffers, PostScript, PDF, and SVG file output. Experimental backends include OpenGL, BeOS, OS/2, and DirectFB.
 Build-Depends: zlib, libpng, pixman, glib, freetype, fontconfig
diff --git a/ports/cairo/portfile.cmake b/ports/cairo/portfile.cmake
index 53d944b5479080..ed120f07fd07df 100644
--- a/ports/cairo/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/cairo/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
-set(CAIRO_VERSION 1.15.8)
+set(CAIRO_VERSION 1.16.0)
 
 vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
-    URLS "http://cairographics.org/snapshots/cairo-${CAIRO_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+    URLS "https://www.cairographics.org/releases/cairo-${CAIRO_VERSION}.tar.xz"
     FILENAME "cairo-${CAIRO_VERSION}.tar.xz"
-    SHA512 5af1eebf432201dae0efaa5b6766b151d8273ea00dae48e104d56477005b4d423d64b5d11c512736a4cb076632fb2a572ec35becd922825a68d933bb5ff96ca1
+    SHA512 9eb27c4cf01c0b8b56f2e15e651f6d4e52c99d0005875546405b64f1132aed12fbf84727273f493d84056a13105e065009d89e94a8bfaf2be2649e232b82377f
 )
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive_ex(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH