diff --git a/python/pipdeptree/pipdeptree.SlackBuild b/python/pipdeptree/pipdeptree.SlackBuild
index 7f3da2ee19..1127ed0ba3 100644
--- a/python/pipdeptree/pipdeptree.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/pipdeptree/pipdeptree.SlackBuild
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=pipdeptree
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.15.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.16.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | gr
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a CHANGES.md LICENSE PKG-INFO README.md $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a LICENSE PKG-INFO README.md $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/python/pipdeptree/pipdeptree.info b/python/pipdeptree/pipdeptree.info
index ece69e03d0..8d8f428e00 100644
--- a/python/pipdeptree/pipdeptree.info
+++ b/python/pipdeptree/pipdeptree.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="pipdeptree"
-VERSION="2.15.1"
+VERSION="2.16.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/naiquevin/pipdeptree"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pipdeptree/pipdeptree-2.15.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="0b7eb316fae9ddc642d216aec6599d67"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pipdeptree/pipdeptree-2.16.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="ac4fa3dd3b146bd86ee545b161ca05b6"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="python3-setuptools-scm-opt python3-hatch_vcs"