diff --git a/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.hash b/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.hash
index 5f59d281a7..01353c639b 100644
--- a/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.hash
+++ b/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.8.13.dsc
-sha256	90938bf6a2bb31b0ed4d8b2be71beb909c334af64c9284b3f50820cbaeff49b6	ifupdown_0.8.13.tar.xz
+# From http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.8.16.dsc
+sha256	601416c12e39ac29022951a2867aed5c607f732ac57fd51517bfba92a4cc4fb0	ifupdown_0.8.16.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.mk b/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.mk
index 156496b221..ad0e513f93 100644
--- a/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.mk
+++ b/package/ifupdown/ifupdown.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-IFUPDOWN_VERSION = 0.8.13
+IFUPDOWN_VERSION = 0.8.16
 IFUPDOWN_SOURCE = ifupdown_$(IFUPDOWN_VERSION).tar.xz
-IFUPDOWN_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20160604T232714Z/pool/main/i/ifupdown
+IFUPDOWN_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20160922T165503Z/pool/main/i/ifupdown
 IFUPDOWN_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
 IFUPDOWN_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 IFUPDOWN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING