diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/json-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/json-c/default.nix
index 5a77ea789af..d6aac7161d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/json-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/json-c/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "json-c";
-  version = "0.15";
+  version = "0.16";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1im484iz08j3gmzpw07v16brwq46pxxj65i996kkp2vivcfhmn5q";
+    sha256 = "sha256-jkWsj5bsd5Hq87t+5Q6cIQC7vIe40PHQMMW6igKI2Ws=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -15,16 +15,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A JSON implementation in C";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/json-c/json-c/wiki";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
-    platforms   = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-
     longDescription = ''
       JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to
       easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings
       and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON
       objects.
     '';
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/json-c/json-c/wiki";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.mit;
   };
 }