diff --git a/biology/taxonkit/Makefile b/biology/taxonkit/Makefile
index bd6eaebb2cb5..4a99459dedb3 100644
--- a/biology/taxonkit/Makefile
+++ b/biology/taxonkit/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	taxonkit
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.15.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.16.0
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/biology/taxonkit/distinfo b/biology/taxonkit/distinfo
index d1ee371ebfa2..b8a68f4d81ef 100644
--- a/biology/taxonkit/distinfo
+++ b/biology/taxonkit/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1703037628
-SHA256 (go/biology_taxonkit/taxonkit-v0.15.1/v0.15.1.mod) = 821f2ea553848ba4acd76e01d18c1026ed94979d59314a16d2c1dd958a1fff92
-SIZE (go/biology_taxonkit/taxonkit-v0.15.1/v0.15.1.mod) = 1022
-SHA256 (go/biology_taxonkit/taxonkit-v0.15.1/v0.15.1.zip) = 138c9030de575bcf883c3436183a70c44fcf209b0363c9a00216f4f0bde3067e
-SIZE (go/biology_taxonkit/taxonkit-v0.15.1/v0.15.1.zip) = 1603550
+TIMESTAMP = 1709932817
+SHA256 (go/biology_taxonkit/taxonkit-v0.16.0/v0.16.0.mod) = 958cf5808c5e89475095dbcfd5796c9c4d44401abf325dd9e7f1a4bdb81d01b0
+SIZE (go/biology_taxonkit/taxonkit-v0.16.0/v0.16.0.mod) = 1069
+SHA256 (go/biology_taxonkit/taxonkit-v0.16.0/v0.16.0.zip) = 4e2283ae0decbcecf26abc8c3fef80e8a9dfc53934095f493b321d6e1ff4130a
+SIZE (go/biology_taxonkit/taxonkit-v0.16.0/v0.16.0.zip) = 1604675