diff --git a/devel/automake/Makefile b/devel/automake/Makefile
index b7539ad20..2eb8dc62e 100644
--- a/devel/automake/Makefile
+++ b/devel/automake/Makefile
@@ -8,17 +8,19 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=automake
-PKG_VERSION:=1.15.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.16.2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/automake
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_HASH:=af6ba39142220687c500f79b4aa2f181d9b24e4f8d8ec497cea4ba26c64bedaf
+PKG_HASH:=ccc459de3d710e066ab9e12d2f119bd164a08c9341ca24ba22c9adaa179eedd0
+
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:automake
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk