diff --git a/libs/libdnet/Makefile b/libs/libdnet/Makefile
index 52f179751..c1e694065 100644
--- a/libs/libdnet/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libdnet/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libdnet
-PKG_VERSION:=1.14
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=1.16.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/ofalk/libdnet/tar.gz/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=592599c54a57102a177270f3a2caabda2c2ac7768b977d7458feba97da923dfe
+PKG_HASH:=b151c4913758ef80daf4558361b4f2680a37b01d59272625bb78c77183062c63
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Luka Perkov <luka@openwrt.org>