diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-XML/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-XML/Makefile
index b184610f3ff2..e8574aef4839 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-XML/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-XML/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 PORTNAME=	XML
-DISTVERSION=	3.99-0.15
+DISTVERSION=	3.99-0.16
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	tota@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Tools for parsing and generating XML
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/XML/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles gnome
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-XML/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-XML/distinfo
index c5577ac1115e..2028448d864a 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-XML/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-XML/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1699090739
-SHA256 (XML_3.99-0.15.tar.gz) = 98a14694670a8a1d9a03e184ec60203180fb8eca9fb3da086693b01ed7003b3e
-SIZE (XML_3.99-0.15.tar.gz) = 970304
+TIMESTAMP = 1702276840
+SHA256 (XML_3.99-0.16.tar.gz) = 350d37bab99ba3dac03313fa3901cc053ab2d962a94a9c3404fb3ad0a91cc95b
+SIZE (XML_3.99-0.16.tar.gz) = 970727