diff --git a/astro/wcslib/Makefile b/astro/wcslib/Makefile
index af5fab444c75..8b3abc793100 100644
--- a/astro/wcslib/Makefile
+++ b/astro/wcslib/Makefile
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	wcslib
-PORTVERSION=	5.15
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	5.16
 CATEGORIES=	astro
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/wcslib/
 
 MAINTAINER=	danilo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for parsing/generating FITS headers
 
+LICENSE=	GPLv3
+
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USES=		tar:bzip2 gmake fortran
 MAKEFILE=	GNUmakefile
diff --git a/astro/wcslib/distinfo b/astro/wcslib/distinfo
index 2dd585c1cc9f..cd62ed328fd2 100644
--- a/astro/wcslib/distinfo
+++ b/astro/wcslib/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (wcslib-5.15.tar.bz2) = 8bbe40a7b055578d1a6b77e92a733d2a01ce439814ea9e5a8d8bbc23c68b56e8
-SIZE (wcslib-5.15.tar.bz2) = 2222193
+TIMESTAMP = 1484487587
+SHA256 (wcslib-5.16.tar.bz2) = ed031e0cf1cec0e9cabfc650423efa526fec341441865001c1e2c56bfffc99ef
+SIZE (wcslib-5.16.tar.bz2) = 2222111
diff --git a/astro/wcslib/pkg-plist b/astro/wcslib/pkg-plist
index 7d5f88db79b5..f73403c10080 100644
--- a/astro/wcslib/pkg-plist
+++ b/astro/wcslib/pkg-plist
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ lib/libwcs-%%VERSION%%.a
 lib/libwcs.a
 lib/libwcs.so
 lib/libwcs.so.5
-lib/libwcs.so.5.15
+lib/libwcs.so.5.16
 libdata/pkgconfig/wcslib.pc
 %%CFITSIO%%man/man1/HPXcvt.1.gz
 man/man1/fitshdr.1.gz