diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
index b92fb23d64e..cf1c7f717e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "unbound";
-  version = "1.14.0";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-bvkcvwLVKZ6rOTKMCFc5Pee0iFov5yM93+PBJP9aicg=";
+    hash = "sha256-ZwFTTJOOsBliZgEZHtxtAS/FNMCdJBjVuSgn2wy+SKU=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "man" ]; # "dev" would only split ~20 kB