diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 9c7da02964..e0a6126606 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2926,7 +2926,7 @@ libKDb3.so.4 kdb-3.1.0_1
 libKPropertyWidgets3.so.4 kproperty-3.1.0_1
 libKPropertyCore3.so.4 kproperty-3.1.0_1
 libKReport3.so.4 kreport-3.1.0_1
-libbotan-2.so.13 botan-2.14.0_1
+libbotan-2.so.16 botan-2.16.0_1
 libswipl.so.8 swi-prolog-8.0.0_1
 libpcre2-16.so.0 libpcre2-10.22_1
 libpcre2-32.so.0 libpcre2-10.22_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/botan/template b/srcpkgs/botan/template
index 49d382d1bc..e1230d09a7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/botan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/botan/template
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'botan'
 pkgname=botan
-version=2.14.0
-revision=2
+version=2.16.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname^}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 pycompile_module="botan.py"
-hostmakedepends="doxygen python"
+hostmakedepends="doxygen python3"
 makedepends="libressl-devel bzip2-devel liblzma-devel sqlite-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Crypto library written in C++"
 maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://botan.randombit.net/"
 distfiles="https://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=0c10f12b424a40ee19bde00292098e201d7498535c062d8d5b586d07861a54b5
-
-python_version=2
+checksum=92ed6ebc918d86bd1b04221ca518af4cf29cc326c4760740bd2d22e61cea2628
+python_version=3
 
 LDFLAGS="-pthread"
 CXXFLAGS="-O3"
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		;;
 	esac
 
-	python2 configure.py \
+	python3 configure.py \
 		--distribution-info="Void Linux botan-${version}_${revision}" \
 		--cpu=${_cpu} \
 		${_args}