diff --git a/development/vscode/vscode.SlackBuild b/development/vscode/vscode.SlackBuild
index 5ca3105cd5..7d31f82b32 100644
--- a/development/vscode/vscode.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/vscode/vscode.SlackBuild
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=vscode
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.14.2}
-COMMIT=${COMMIT:-cb82febafda0c8c199b9201ad274e25d9a76874e}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.16.1}
+COMMIT=${COMMIT:-27492b6bf3acb0775d82d2f87b25a93490673c6d}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/vscode/vscode.info b/development/vscode/vscode.info
index 3e18be29df..592263de3e 100644
--- a/development/vscode/vscode.info
+++ b/development/vscode/vscode.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="vscode"
-VERSION="1.14.2"
+VERSION="1.16.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://code.visualstudio.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/archive/1.14.2/vscode-1.14.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="f2560b95771e1cc1d8405e51d81ecc7c"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/archive/1.16.1/vscode-1.16.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="599c1864c6e5f48e958b25fb128bf3f5"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="nodejs"