diff --git a/multimedia/libass/Makefile b/multimedia/libass/Makefile
index e540ab6bdd92..d30b02b68161 100644
--- a/multimedia/libass/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/libass/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	libass
-DISTVERSION=	0.15.2
+DISTVERSION=	0.16.0
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	multimedia@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Portable ASS/SSA subtitle renderer
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libfribidi.so:converters/fribidi \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c11 cpe iconv libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 LDFLAGS_i386=	-Wl,-znotext
 CPE_VENDOR=	libass_project
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE_amd64=	ASM
 OPTIONS_DEFINE_i386=	ASM
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT_amd64=	ASM
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT_i386=	ASM
 
 ASM_BUILD_DEPENDS=nasm:devel/nasm
 ASM_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=asm
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/libass/distinfo b/multimedia/libass/distinfo
index 98c2cb64df3b..0ae7ed353a1b 100644
--- a/multimedia/libass/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/libass/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1615319168
-SHA256 (libass-0.15.2.tar.xz) = 1be2df9c4485a57d78bb18c0a8ed157bc87a5a8dd48c661961c625cb112832fd
-SIZE (libass-0.15.2.tar.xz) = 382036
+TIMESTAMP = 1652364177
+SHA256 (libass-0.16.0.tar.xz) = 5dbde9e22339119cf8eed59eea6c623a0746ef5a90b689e68a090109078e3c08
+SIZE (libass-0.16.0.tar.xz) = 396304
diff --git a/multimedia/libass/pkg-plist b/multimedia/libass/pkg-plist
index 9990d02c6ed0..ff170cd86836 100644
--- a/multimedia/libass/pkg-plist
+++ b/multimedia/libass/pkg-plist
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include/ass/ass.h
 include/ass/ass_types.h
 lib/libass.a
 lib/libass.so
 lib/libass.so.9
-lib/libass.so.9.1.3
+lib/libass.so.9.1.4
 libdata/pkgconfig/libass.pc