diff --git a/converters/p5-JSON/Makefile b/converters/p5-JSON/Makefile
index 7329543812f4..70d45f4d3f55 100644
--- a/converters/p5-JSON/Makefile
+++ b/converters/p5-JSON/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	JSON
-PORTVERSION=	2.15
+PORTVERSION=	2.16
 CATEGORIES=	converters perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
diff --git a/converters/p5-JSON/distinfo b/converters/p5-JSON/distinfo
index 2e209082a005..00851085a4da 100644
--- a/converters/p5-JSON/distinfo
+++ b/converters/p5-JSON/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (JSON-2.15.tar.gz) = 15de50d89da9a0c389d3fb1a4aef84d0
-SHA256 (JSON-2.15.tar.gz) = 763f5da1a8242729ecdf59fa9e37afe6b93d93104374ed6dabd33eb3cac63236
-SIZE (JSON-2.15.tar.gz) = 68370
+MD5 (JSON-2.16.tar.gz) = a86d9ded2bbe67d6721ab9dcb02af138
+SHA256 (JSON-2.16.tar.gz) = d802b1aab647c0754a439bc7ab36039e434c8bedf912dce9e02d609c84fe583c
+SIZE (JSON-2.16.tar.gz) = 67939