diff --git a/libraries/libwpe/libwpe.SlackBuild b/libraries/libwpe/libwpe.SlackBuild
index cde7a14fbd..2ff392daab 100644
--- a/libraries/libwpe/libwpe.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libwpe/libwpe.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=libwpe
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.14.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.16.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/libraries/libwpe/libwpe.info b/libraries/libwpe/libwpe.info
index a8c6973bb4..14d672aca2 100644
--- a/libraries/libwpe/libwpe.info
+++ b/libraries/libwpe/libwpe.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libwpe"
-VERSION="1.14.2"
+VERSION="1.16.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://wpewebkit.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://wpewebkit.org/releases/libwpe-1.14.2.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="61840e24ba0a0f5828194dff28db92ee"
+DOWNLOAD="https://wpewebkit.org/releases/libwpe-1.16.0.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="9779115aaa7e67abe642777394e7bfa2"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""