diff --git a/package/python-ruamel-yaml/python-ruamel-yaml.hash b/package/python-ruamel-yaml/python-ruamel-yaml.hash
index bda0946e33..db511b90fa 100644
--- a/package/python-ruamel-yaml/python-ruamel-yaml.hash
+++ b/package/python-ruamel-yaml/python-ruamel-yaml.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/ruamel-yaml/json
-md5  ee73a2076f7ca2ee7258af129a7ef8da  ruamel.yaml-0.18.15.tar.gz
-sha256  dbfca74b018c4c3fba0b9cc9ee33e53c371194a9000e694995e620490fd40700  ruamel.yaml-0.18.15.tar.gz
+md5  ebfbf2a54d9a5b768bc849f4b2c43efc  ruamel.yaml-0.18.16.tar.gz
+sha256  a6e587512f3c998b2225d68aa1f35111c29fad14aed561a26e73fab729ec5e5a  ruamel.yaml-0.18.16.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  0ce9ad6a9d4f0829296a72c77d07795dd67f42751e2922be56c051d39ae1c011  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-ruamel-yaml/python-ruamel-yaml.mk b/package/python-ruamel-yaml/python-ruamel-yaml.mk
index 1d3619caea..aaabee7be5 100644
--- a/package/python-ruamel-yaml/python-ruamel-yaml.mk
+++ b/package/python-ruamel-yaml/python-ruamel-yaml.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_VERSION = 0.18.15
+PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_VERSION = 0.18.16
 PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_SOURCE = ruamel.yaml-$(PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3e/db/f3950f5e5031b618aae9f423a39bf81a55c148aecd15a34527898e752cf4
+PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9f/c7/ee630b29e04a672ecfc9b63227c87fd7a37eb67c1bf30fe95376437f897c
 PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_RUAMEL_YAML_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE