diff --git a/biology/prodigal/Makefile b/biology/prodigal/Makefile
index 7be25f4fd900..cd881a8a3dc6 100644
--- a/biology/prodigal/Makefile
+++ b/biology/prodigal/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	prodigal
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.6.3-7
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-ga78ed3f
+DISTVERSION=	2.6.3-16
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-gc1e2d36
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Protein-coding gene prediction for prokaryotic genomes
 WWW=		https://github.com/hyattpd/Prodigal
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		gmake
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	hyattpd
 GH_PROJECT=	Prodigal
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	gcc=${CC}
 MAKE_ARGS=	INSTALLDIR=${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 PORTSCOUT=	skipv:2.60 # a very old version is labeled with 2.60 in their repository
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/prodigal/distinfo b/biology/prodigal/distinfo
index fa562d89b08a..d4123bc4a60a 100644
--- a/biology/prodigal/distinfo
+++ b/biology/prodigal/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1570894360
-SHA256 (hyattpd-Prodigal-v2.6.3-7-ga78ed3f_GH0.tar.gz) = 08215cfe052f09942bcf6beb40a734337af93bfaf0b8f25248c94669073761d2
-SIZE (hyattpd-Prodigal-v2.6.3-7-ga78ed3f_GH0.tar.gz) = 611206
+TIMESTAMP = 1690009429
+SHA256 (hyattpd-Prodigal-v2.6.3-16-gc1e2d36_GH0.tar.gz) = 8d12b956cc20e971f38df1b201765d5ee03356ada809ed39470bac62e9ae53f4
+SIZE (hyattpd-Prodigal-v2.6.3-16-gc1e2d36_GH0.tar.gz) = 612591