diff --git a/package/shadow/shadow.hash b/package/shadow/shadow.hash
index 1d83272cec..7155baff07 100644
--- a/package/shadow/shadow.hash
+++ b/package/shadow/shadow.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Verified from https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/4.14.5/shadow-4.14.5.tar.xz.asc
 # with key 66D0387DB85D320F8408166DB175CFA98F192AF2
-sha256  bb5f70639a0581f9d626f227ce45b31ac137daa7c451c0f672ce14f2731a96ee  shadow-4.15.1.tar.xz
+sha256  b78e3921a95d53282a38e90628880624736bf6235e36eea50c50835f59a3530b  shadow-4.16.0.tar.xz
 sha256  3d25ab8f43fdc14624296a56ff8dc3e72e499ad35f32ae0c803f4959cfe17c0a  COPYING
diff --git a/package/shadow/shadow.mk b/package/shadow/shadow.mk
index 59771b9182..f0a2b57b4d 100644
--- a/package/shadow/shadow.mk
+++ b/package/shadow/shadow.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SHADOW_VERSION = 4.15.1
+SHADOW_VERSION = 4.16.0
 SHADOW_SITE = https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/$(SHADOW_VERSION)
 SHADOW_SOURCE = shadow-$(SHADOW_VERSION).tar.xz
 SHADOW_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause