diff --git a/package/libvpx/libvpx.hash b/package/libvpx/libvpx.hash
index 1082721f1a..33d15fe108 100644
--- a/package/libvpx/libvpx.hash
+++ b/package/libvpx/libvpx.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  26fcd3db88045dee380e581862a6ef106f49b74b6396ee95c2993a260b4636aa  libvpx-1.15.2.tar.gz
+sha256  7a479a3c66b9f5d5542a4c6a1b7d3768a983b1e5c14c60a9396edc9b649e015c  libvpx-1.16.0.tar.gz
 sha256  8267348d5af1262c11d1a08de2f5afc77457755f1ac658627dd9acf71011d615  LICENSE
 sha256  cc3273e0694ea5896145e0677699b53471b03ea43021ddc50e7923fbb9f5023c  PATENTS
diff --git a/package/libvpx/libvpx.mk b/package/libvpx/libvpx.mk
index 4f4144f4ff..d6b84ffec3 100644
--- a/package/libvpx/libvpx.mk
+++ b/package/libvpx/libvpx.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBVPX_VERSION = 1.15.2
+LIBVPX_VERSION = 1.16.0
 LIBVPX_SITE = $(call github,webmproject,libvpx,v$(LIBVPX_VERSION))
 LIBVPX_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LIBVPX_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE PATENTS