diff --git a/srcpkgs/wget/template b/srcpkgs/wget/template
index 3559b0dd279..815a482bb4a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wget/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wget/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'wget'
 pkgname=wget
-version=1.15
-revision=3
+version=1.16
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-ssl=openssl --with-libssl-prefix=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="libressl-devel libidn-devel ca-certificates libuuid-devel pcre-devel"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 conf_files="/etc/wgetrc"
-short_desc="The GNU wget utility"
+short_desc="The GNU wget download utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=52126be8cf1bddd7536886e74c053ad7d0ed2aa89b4b630f76785bac21695fcd
+checksum=b977fc10ac7a72d987d48136251aeb332f2dced1aabd50d6d56bdf72e2b79101
 
 post_install() {
 	echo "ca_certificate=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" >> ${DESTDIR}/etc/wgetrc