diff --git a/devel/athens/Makefile b/devel/athens/Makefile
index 2922e7fc3b2f..fdedcce7ab90 100644
--- a/devel/athens/Makefile
+++ b/devel/athens/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	athens
-DISTVERSION=	0.16.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.16.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Proxy server for the Go Modules download API
 WWW=		https://github.com/gomods/athens
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:1.23,modules
 USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 
-BUILD_DATE=	2025-04-19-00:00:00-UTC
+BUILD_DATE=	2025-09-13-00:00:00-UTC
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/gomods/${PORTNAME}
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/proxy
 GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-ldflags " \
 		-X github.com/gomods/${PORTNAME}/pkg/build.version=${DISTVERSION} \
 		-X github.com/gomods/${PORTNAME}/pkg/build.buildDate=${BUILD_DATE}"
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKDIR}/bin/proxy ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/config.dev.toml ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/athens.toml.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/athens/distinfo b/devel/athens/distinfo
index 185a09d470ff..e46667342909 100644
--- a/devel/athens/distinfo
+++ b/devel/athens/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1745047152
-SHA256 (go/devel_athens/athens-v0.16.0/v0.16.0.mod) = e20cde38445276ed559e0564628ef72dab2fca77d4112eb6d462e27a0a0c34e6
-SIZE (go/devel_athens/athens-v0.16.0/v0.16.0.mod) = 9862
-SHA256 (go/devel_athens/athens-v0.16.0/v0.16.0.zip) = 89053b38cdd7c12efc84c0e6a26ed638b14342470d40e4d16c569b815ebb07c3
-SIZE (go/devel_athens/athens-v0.16.0/v0.16.0.zip) = 4248974
+TIMESTAMP = 1757773151
+SHA256 (go/devel_athens/athens-v0.16.1/v0.16.1.mod) = 4e1a7dd4968a6d44764c180ad2757290fba15a85779deac3c24bc09bd1433b59
+SIZE (go/devel_athens/athens-v0.16.1/v0.16.1.mod) = 9862
+SHA256 (go/devel_athens/athens-v0.16.1/v0.16.1.zip) = 9b453d8dc57237e199db7de0456d1b4a059e5202d4a4b68d5873bd2e7407fe67
+SIZE (go/devel_athens/athens-v0.16.1/v0.16.1.zip) = 4249938