diff --git a/Mk/Uses/vala.mk b/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
index b15c15461e30..aec0e7a3a968 100644
--- a/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
+++ b/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
@@ -1,32 +1,26 @@
 # Handle dependency on lang/vala
 #
 # Valid args:
 # 	- lib:       add a lib depends
 # 	- build:     add a build depends
 # 	- no_depend: only used for lang/vala itself
 
 .if ! defined(_INCLUDE_USES_VALA_MK)
 _INCLUDE_USES_VALA_MK=	yes
 
-_VALA_VERSION=		0.56.8
+_VALA_VERSION=		0.56.16
 _VALA_LIB_VERSION=	${_VALA_VERSION:R}
 _VALA_LIBRARY=		libvala-${_VALA_LIB_VERSION}.so
 _VALA_BINARY=		valac
 _VALA_PORT=		lang/vala
 
 .  if empty(vala_ARGS:Mno_depend)
 .    if ! empty(vala_ARGS:Mlib)
 LIB_DEPENDS+=		${_VALA_LIBRARY}:${_VALA_PORT}
 .    endif
 .    if ! empty(vala_ARGS:Mbuild)
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=		${_VALA_BINARY}:${_VALA_PORT}
 .    endif
 .  endif
 
-# remove after https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/-/issues/1408 is fixed
-.include "${USESDIR}/compiler.mk"
-.  if ${CHOSEN_COMPILER_TYPE} == "clang"
-CFLAGS+=	-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types
-.  endif
-
 .endif
diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index cef094fc0b12..defd278f07ae 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	vala
 DISTVERSION=	${_VALA_VERSION}
-PORTREVISION=	1
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	lang gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Programming language and compiler that converts Vala code into C code
 WWW=		https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
 USES=		bison cpe gettext-runtime gmake gnome libtool \
 		localbase pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz\
 		vala:no_depend
-USE_GNOME=	glib20 gnomeprefix libxslt:build
+USE_GNOME=	glib20 gnomeprefix introspection:build libxslt:build
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnome
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-valadoc
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VALA_LIB_VERSION=${_VALA_LIB_VERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/vala/distinfo b/lang/vala/distinfo
index 9004cd9e59aa..02e4a6c7ace0 100644
--- a/lang/vala/distinfo
+++ b/lang/vala/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1687575805
-SHA256 (vala-0.56.8.tar.xz) = 93f81dcfc6a93b77baa271d65e6be981ee3238ad451ef380af118e295d904bde
-SIZE (vala-0.56.8.tar.xz) = 3994328
+TIMESTAMP = 1710571274
+SHA256 (vala-0.56.16.tar.xz) = 05487b5600f5d2f09e66a753cccd8f39c1bff9f148aea1b7774d505b9c8bca9b
+SIZE (vala-0.56.16.tar.xz) = 4013716