diff --git a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash
index adc7bc5d5c..d23da1ea6e 100644
--- a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash
+++ b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # sha256 locally computed
-sha256 e432e051ebb826b77835bda03ddb16364b37d137b37ac33005b6ac0fd5d56280  python-web2py-R-2.15.4.tar.gz
+sha256 d9ed52676e9becd53d2d73a849dea3d55b8b61231abf3428cf516dcc0083d451  python-web2py-R-2.16.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
index 9ad5a7785a..1e02fb7ca5 100644
--- a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
+++ b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION = R-2.15.4
+PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION = R-2.16.1
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_SITE = $(call github,web2py,web2py,$(PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION))
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE