diff --git a/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.hash b/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.hash
index 4804555b22..871cafccd4 100644
--- a/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.hash
+++ b/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/urwid/json
-md5  73e4171e00a673afbc1eb32eaf7d31e0  urwid-2.6.15.tar.gz
-sha256  9ecc57330d88c8d9663ffd7092a681674c03ff794b6330ccfef479af7aa9671b  urwid-2.6.15.tar.gz
+md5  214f9cea321ccae131cecfaef2a4aa9a  urwid-2.6.16.tar.gz
+sha256  93ad239939e44c385e64aa00027878b9e5c486d59e855ec8ab5b1e1adcdb32a2  urwid-2.6.16.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  36b6d3fa47916943fd5fec313c584784946047ec1337a78b440e5992cb595f89  COPYING
diff --git a/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.mk b/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.mk
index 66b067a20c..411727660f 100644
--- a/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.mk
+++ b/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_URWID_VERSION = 2.6.15
+PYTHON_URWID_VERSION = 2.6.16
 PYTHON_URWID_SOURCE = urwid-$(PYTHON_URWID_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_URWID_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/85/b7/516b0bbb7dd9fc313c6443b35d86b6f91b3baa83d2c4016e4d8e0df5a5e3
+PYTHON_URWID_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/98/21/ad23c9e961b2d36d57c63686a6f86768dd945d406323fb58c84f09478530
 PYTHON_URWID_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 PYTHON_URWID_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 PYTHON_URWID_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools