diff --git a/libraries/libvirt-python/libvirt-python.SlackBuild b/libraries/libvirt-python/libvirt-python.SlackBuild
index 45ec16fbf7..0e25729b53 100644
--- a/libraries/libvirt-python/libvirt-python.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libvirt-python/libvirt-python.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libvirt-python
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.15}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.16}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libvirt-python/libvirt-python.info b/libraries/libvirt-python/libvirt-python.info
index c4cbd63442..7588f6e38a 100644
--- a/libraries/libvirt-python/libvirt-python.info
+++ b/libraries/libvirt-python/libvirt-python.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libvirt-python"
-VERSION="1.2.15"
+VERSION="1.2.16"
 HOMEPAGE="http://libvirt.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://libvirt.org/sources/python/libvirt-python-1.2.15.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="f13b566b54fe71ec0f26992aee11dd09"
+DOWNLOAD="http://libvirt.org/sources/python/libvirt-python-1.2.16.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="8c688dee031b5b7f36e22b4a10d26740"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="libvirt"