diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/perl-IO-Multiplex.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/perl-IO-Multiplex.SlackBuild
index 845151105b..9977a15f61 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/perl-IO-Multiplex.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/perl-IO-Multiplex.SlackBuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=perl-IO-Multiplex
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.13}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.16}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/perl-IO-Multiplex.info b/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/perl-IO-Multiplex.info
index a89148ae2f..628daccb92 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/perl-IO-Multiplex.info
+++ b/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/perl-IO-Multiplex.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="perl-IO-Multiplex"
-VERSION="1.13"
+VERSION="1.16"
 HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/pod/IO::Multiplex"
-DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/MA/MARKOV/IO-Multiplex-1.13.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="a74f4c07a543cbf06ba3b24fe1be94e9"
+DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/B/BB/BBB/IO-Multiplex-1.16.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="e5541d1e9f85954b95c8735ed9b19cfa"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""