diff --git a/packages/devel/automake/package.mk b/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
index fad2b7fe94..de321db9ad 100644
--- a/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="automake"
-PKG_VERSION="1.16.4"
-PKG_SHA256="80facc09885a57e6d49d06972c0ae1089c5fa8f4d4c7cfe5baea58e5085f136d"
+PKG_VERSION="1.16.5"
+PKG_SHA256="f01d58cd6d9d77fbdca9eb4bbd5ead1988228fdb73d6f7a201f5f8d6b118b469"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://sources.redhat.com/automake/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/automake/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"