diff --git a/lang/janet/Makefile b/lang/janet/Makefile
index 1d13d23de345..daad94afbb5a 100644
--- a/lang/janet/Makefile
+++ b/lang/janet/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	janet
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.15.5
+DISTVERSION=	1.16.0
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 
 MAINTAINER=	tobik@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Functional embeddable lisp with C interop, & performant data types
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		meson
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	janet-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SOVERSION=${DISTVERSION} \
 		SOVERSION_R=${DISTVERSION:R}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/janet/distinfo b/lang/janet/distinfo
index 6e58c9bf1176..0981a2f04407 100644
--- a/lang/janet/distinfo
+++ b/lang/janet/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1619412654
-SHA256 (janet-lang-janet-v1.15.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 7f90dbad2d7049847034182240d61b491411544ed82b110c5778dabd9eea84ca
-SIZE (janet-lang-janet-v1.15.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 601033
+TIMESTAMP = 1622404189
+SHA256 (janet-lang-janet-v1.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 84f83b356055557d668dd328a4242bbc652d3cb39e8431666ce391248f4c20e4
+SIZE (janet-lang-janet-v1.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 492645