diff --git a/databases/rqlite/Makefile b/databases/rqlite/Makefile
index 36d49f0431ea..00909f516d12 100644
--- a/databases/rqlite/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rqlite/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	rqlite
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	8.14.0
+DISTVERSION=	8.16.1
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight, distributed relational database built on SQLite
 WWW=		https://rqlite.io/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:1.21,modules
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/rqlite/rqlite/v8
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/rqbench \
 		./cmd/rqlite \
 		./cmd/rqlited
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/rqbench \
 		bin/rqlite \
 		bin/rqlited
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/rqlite/distinfo b/databases/rqlite/distinfo
index b2c4dd79c960..af713d2e60d4 100644
--- a/databases/rqlite/distinfo
+++ b/databases/rqlite/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1704084758
-SHA256 (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.14.0/v8.14.0.mod) = c95ae94fdea0349fb9c654096aba3de12dff55736148b0787573fe79764548bb
-SIZE (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.14.0/v8.14.0.mod) = 2678
-SHA256 (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.14.0/v8.14.0.zip) = 71036274a607e9a0f8d3fc6e1acf3da33fc3cc70d03169b4f00f41c67f912b72
-SIZE (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.14.0/v8.14.0.zip) = 715969
+TIMESTAMP = 1704878657
+SHA256 (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.1/v8.16.1.mod) = c95ae94fdea0349fb9c654096aba3de12dff55736148b0787573fe79764548bb
+SIZE (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.1/v8.16.1.mod) = 2678
+SHA256 (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.1/v8.16.1.zip) = 386e409e7c25111498c3478d94be4a9d7833991b53cf62d513c921e0c709375b
+SIZE (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.1/v8.16.1.zip) = 711674