diff --git a/textproc/pugixml/Makefile b/textproc/pugixml/Makefile
index c7f694fae73e..abea913fe829 100644
--- a/textproc/pugixml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pugixml/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	pugixml
-DISTVERSION=	1.15
+DISTVERSION=	1.16
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/zeux/pugixml/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support
 WWW=		https://pugixml.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
-USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang cpe
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang cpe
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	PUGIXML_BUILD_TESTS PUGIXML_USE_VERSIONED_LIBDIR
 
 SOVERSION=	${PORTVERSION:R}
 PLIST_SUB=	DISTVERSION=${DISTVERSION} \
 		SOVERSION=${SOVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/pugixml/distinfo b/textproc/pugixml/distinfo
index eb2a8b8a00a2..93552788ff5a 100644
--- a/textproc/pugixml/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/pugixml/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1736542820
-SHA256 (pugixml-1.15.tar.gz) = 655ade57fa703fb421c2eb9a0113b5064bddb145d415dd1f88c79353d90d511a
-SIZE (pugixml-1.15.tar.gz) = 395045
+TIMESTAMP = 1781634347
+SHA256 (pugixml-1.16.tar.gz) = 4cee1ca4aad395170f4c7a07824f3bdd41f28316c6e1e1090a1425b278ec0b4b
+SIZE (pugixml-1.16.tar.gz) = 398377