diff --git a/srcpkgs/wget/template b/srcpkgs/wget/template
index 815a482bb4..0c816714d5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wget/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wget/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'wget'
 pkgname=wget
-version=1.16
+version=1.16.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-ssl=openssl --with-libssl-prefix=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
-makedepends="libressl-devel libidn-devel ca-certificates libuuid-devel pcre-devel"
+makedepends="libressl-devel libidn-devel libuuid-devel pcre-devel"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 conf_files="/etc/wgetrc"
 short_desc="The GNU wget download utility"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=b977fc10ac7a72d987d48136251aeb332f2dced1aabd50d6d56bdf72e2b79101
+checksum=3b834ce69366d4681f295307fce36ee14e122c4ee68a4d1291b62b0b26755a77
 
 post_install() {
 	echo "ca_certificate=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" >> ${DESTDIR}/etc/wgetrc