diff --git a/net-im/signal-desktop/Makefile b/net-im/signal-desktop/Makefile
index 2077c8073916..ef66773ebdf2 100644
--- a/net-im/signal-desktop/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/signal-desktop/Makefile
@@ -1,190 +1,200 @@
 PORTNAME=	signal-desktop
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	7.15.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	7.16.0
 CATEGORIES=	net-im
 MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/mikael/signal-desktop/:npm \
 		https://build-artifacts.signal.org/desktop/:sqlcipher
 DISTFILES=	signal-desktop-${DISTVERSION}-npm-cache.tar.gz:npm \
 		${SQLCIPHER}.tar.gz:sqlcipher
+# for online build
+#DISTFILES=	${SQLCIPHER}.tar.gz:sqlcipher
 
 MAINTAINER=	mikael@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Cross-platform centralized encrypted messaging service
 WWW=		https://signal.org/
 
 LICENSE=	AGPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	aarch64 amd64
 
 EXTRACT_DEPENDS=jq:textproc/jq \
 		npm:www/npm-node20
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libcrypto.a:security/openssl \
 		${LOCALBASE}/lib/libringrtc.so:multimedia/ringrtc \
 		${LOCALBASE}/lib/libsignal_node.so:net-im/libsignal-node \
 		${LOCALBASE}/lib/libsignal_tokenizer.a:devel/signal-fts5-extension \
 		app-builder>0:devel/app-builder \
 		electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR}:devel/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR} \
 		jq:textproc/jq \
 		npm:www/npm-node20
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib \
 		libatk-bridge-2.0.so:accessibility/at-spi2-core \
 		libatspi.so:accessibility/at-spi2-core \
 		libcups.so:print/cups \
 		libdbus-1.so:devel/dbus \
 		libdrm.so:graphics/libdrm \
 		libepoll-shim.so:devel/libepoll-shim \
 		libevent.so:devel/libevent \
 		libexpat.so:textproc/expat2 \
 		libFLAC.so:audio/flac \
 		libffi.so:devel/libffi \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libicuuc.so:devel/icu \
 		libnspr4.so:devel/nspr \
 		libnss3.so:security/nss \
 		libopenh264.so:multimedia/openh264 \
 		libopus.so:audio/opus \
 		libpci.so:devel/libpci \
 		libpng16.so:graphics/png \
 		libsnappy.so:archivers/snappy \
 		libwayland-client.so:graphics/wayland \
 		libwebp.so:graphics/webp \
 		libxkbcommon.so:x11/libxkbcommon \
 		libxshmfence.so:x11/libxshmfence
 
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gl gnome jpeg xorg
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	signalapp
 GH_PROJECT=	Signal-Desktop
 
 USE_GL=		gbm gl
 USE_GNOME=	atk cairo gdkpixbuf2 glib20 gtk30 libxml2 libxslt pango
 USE_XORG=	x11 xcb xcomposite xdamage xext xfixes xi xrandr xrender xtst
 
 PACKAGE_ENV=	SIGNAL_ENV=production \
 		npm_config_runtime=electron \
 		npm_config_target=${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR} \
 		npm_config_nodedir=${LOCALBASE}/share/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR}/node_headers
 MAKE_ENV+=	ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH=${LOCALBASE}/share/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR} \
 		HOME=${WRKDIR} \
 		USE_SYSTEM_APP_BUILDER=true \
 		SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=${_BUILD_DATE} \
 		PATH=${WRKSRC}/node_modules/.bin:${LOCALBASE}/bin:${PATH}
 
 # Don't download electron binary distribution on electron node_modules installation
 MAKE_ENV+=	ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
 
 # Don't create __pycache__ directory when executing node-gyp
 # This is a workaround to avoid filesystem violations during poudriere build
 MAKE_ENV+=	PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 
 _BUILD_DATE=	$$(date +'%s')
 
 ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR=	30
 
 SQLCIPHER=	sqlcipher-4.5.5-fts5-fix--3.0.7--0.2.1-ef53ea45ed92b928ecfd33c552d8d405263e86e63dec38e1ec63e1b0193b630b
 
 NODE_ARCH=	${ARCH:S/aarch64/arm64/:S/amd64/x64/}
 APP_OUT_DIR=	linux-${ARCH:S/aarch64/arm64-/:S/amd64//}unpacked
 
 PLIST_SUB=	NODE_ARCH=${NODE_ARCH} \
 		SHARP_ARCH=${ARCH:S/aarch64/arm64v8/:S/amd64/x64/}
 
 NPM_TIMESTAMP=	1661146515
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == aarch64
 PLIST_SUB+=	NOT_AARCH64="@comment "
 .elif ${ARCH} == amd64
 PLIST_SUB+=	NOT_AARCH64=""
 .endif
 
 post-extract:
 	# Update node engine
 	${PREFIX}/bin/jq '.engines.node = ""' ${WRKSRC}/package.json > ${WRKSRC}/package.json.tmp.1
 	${MV} ${WRKSRC}/package.json.tmp.1 ${WRKSRC}/package.json
 	# remove mock-server as it doesn't build and is useless
 	${PREFIX}/bin/jq 'del(.devDependencies."@signalapp/mock-server")' ${WRKSRC}/package.json > ${WRKSRC}/package.json.tmp
 	${MV} ${WRKSRC}/package.json.tmp ${WRKSRC}/package.json
 
+	# for online build
+#	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
+#		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} npm install --ignore-optional --ignore-scripts || ${TRUE}
+
+	# for offline build
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} npm install --ignore-optional --ignore-scripts --offline || ${TRUE}
 
 do-build:
 # electron-builder is stupid and tries to open ${LOCALBASE}/share/electron30/electron with WRITE priv
 # copy ${LOCALBASE}/share/electron30 in WRKDIR
 # it's needed for the do-install phase, it's here because of this issue
 # https://github.com/MikaelUrankar/signal-desktop/issues/6 (I don't know why it fails though)
 	@${RM} -r ${WRKDIR}/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR}
 	@${CP} -pR ${LOCALBASE}/share/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR} ${WRKDIR}/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR}
 	${CHMOD} -R a+w ${WRKDIR}/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR}
 
 	# Install libsignal_node.so and libringrtc.so binaries in node_modules
 	${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}/node_modules/@signalapp/libsignal-client/prebuilds/freebsd-${NODE_ARCH} \
 		 ${WRKSRC}/node_modules/@signalapp/ringrtc/build/freebsd
 	${CP} ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libsignal_node.so \
 		${WRKSRC}/node_modules/@signalapp/libsignal-client/prebuilds/freebsd-${NODE_ARCH}/@signalapp+libsignal-client.node
 	${CP} ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libringrtc.so \
 		${WRKSRC}/node_modules/@signalapp/ringrtc/build/freebsd/libringrtc-${NODE_ARCH}.node
 
 	${CP} ${DISTDIR}/${SQLCIPHER}.tar.gz \
 		${WRKSRC}/node_modules/@signalapp/better-sqlite3/deps/sqlcipher.tar.gz
 
 	# patch-package can't patch sqlite3 on aarch64, patch the yarn cache instead
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PATCH} -s -N -i ${FILESDIR}/sqlite3.gyp.diff
 
 	${CP} ${FILESDIR}/dns-fallback.json ${WRKSRC}/build
 
 	@${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/node_modules/fs-xattr
 
+	# online build
+#	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
+#		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} npm_config_nodedir=${LOCALBASE}/share/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR}/node_headers npm install --ignore-optional
+#	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
+#		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} npm run generate
+
+	# offline build
 	${ECHO_CMD} offline=true >> ${WRKSRC}/.npmrc
-	${ECHO_CMD} ${PATH}
-	${ECHO_CMD} a >> ${WRKSRC}/todo
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} npm_config_nodedir=${LOCALBASE}/share/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR}/node_headers npm install --ignore-optional --offline
-	${ECHO_CMD} b >> ${WRKSRC}/todo
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} npm run generate --offline
 
 do-install:
 # taken from https://github.com/tagattie/FreeBSD-Electron/blob/master/Mk/Uses/electron.mk#L387
 # and editors/vscode
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${PACKAGE_ENV} npm run build:electron -- \
 			--linux --dir --config.npmRebuild=false \
 			--config.electronVersion=${ELECTRON_VER} \
 			--config.electronDist=${WRKDIR}/electron${ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR}
 
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/dist/${APP_OUT_DIR} && \
 		${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/images/signal-logo-desktop-linux.png \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps/signal-desktop.png
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/${PORTNAME}.desktop \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/applications
 
 .for f in chromedriver mksnapshot v8_context_snapshot_generator
 	${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/${f}
 .endfor
 	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/gen
 	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/node_headers
 	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/resources/completions
 	${RLN} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/signal-desktop ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 # This seems to be only required for Windows:
 	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@nodert-win10-rs4
 	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@signalapp/windows-dummy-keystroke
 
 create-caches-tarball:
 	# do some cleanup first
 	${RM} -r ${WRKDIR}/.npm/_logs ${WRKDIR}/.npm/_update-notifier-last-checked
 
 	cd ${WRKDIR} && \
 		${TAR} czf signal-desktop-${DISTVERSION}-npm-cache.tar.gz .npm
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/net-im/signal-desktop/distinfo b/net-im/signal-desktop/distinfo
index 9012d9b5d0a5..87017b0e4703 100644
--- a/net-im/signal-desktop/distinfo
+++ b/net-im/signal-desktop/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1720443621
-SHA256 (signal-desktop-7.15.0-npm-cache.tar.gz) = 28c79209e84d991b6a42fc9403d484d438b576f3c3457a595657d25c37e6a7e4
-SIZE (signal-desktop-7.15.0-npm-cache.tar.gz) = 325615757
+TIMESTAMP = 1721311427
+SHA256 (signal-desktop-7.16.0-npm-cache.tar.gz) = 954b5510cb7889cecb970196abe432318cdcb7adc9cec1b094af1b023c3a7a15
+SIZE (signal-desktop-7.16.0-npm-cache.tar.gz) = 322698652
 SHA256 (sqlcipher-4.5.5-fts5-fix--3.0.7--0.2.1-ef53ea45ed92b928ecfd33c552d8d405263e86e63dec38e1ec63e1b0193b630b.tar.gz) = ef53ea45ed92b928ecfd33c552d8d405263e86e63dec38e1ec63e1b0193b630b
 SIZE (sqlcipher-4.5.5-fts5-fix--3.0.7--0.2.1-ef53ea45ed92b928ecfd33c552d8d405263e86e63dec38e1ec63e1b0193b630b.tar.gz) = 75708533
-SHA256 (signalapp-Signal-Desktop-v7.15.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f92ba15a86920861b4cd53cd5218934128508682d82120f195a59e9deef8e272
-SIZE (signalapp-Signal-Desktop-v7.15.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 42189716
+SHA256 (signalapp-Signal-Desktop-v7.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = faf2597e80616ff791860e5b7ee40c503366b567aa5bb8bfa5967c92d88aa0cd
+SIZE (signalapp-Signal-Desktop-v7.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 42220016
diff --git a/net-im/signal-desktop/files/patch-package.json b/net-im/signal-desktop/files/patch-package.json
index bc4779258a72..f4d3e78d2b39 100644
--- a/net-im/signal-desktop/files/patch-package.json
+++ b/net-im/signal-desktop/files/patch-package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
---- package.json.orig	2024-07-08 15:06:16 UTC
-+++ package.json
+--- package.json.orig	2024-07-08 15:06:16.491473000 +0200
++++ package.json	2024-07-08 15:06:50.596796000 +0200
 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
      "postinstall": "npm run build:acknowledgments && patch-package && npm run electron:install-app-deps",
      "postuninstall": "npm run build:acknowledgments",
      "start": "electron .",
 -    "generate": "npm-run-all build-protobuf build:esbuild build:dns-fallback build:icu-types build:compact-locales sass get-expire-time copy-components",
 +    "generate": "npm-run-all build-protobuf build:esbuild build:icu-types build:compact-locales sass get-expire-time copy-components",
      "build-release": "npm run build",
      "sign-release": "node ts/updater/generateSignature.js",
      "notarize": "echo 'No longer necessary'",
diff --git a/net-im/signal-desktop/get_deps.sh b/net-im/signal-desktop/get_deps.sh
index 97986da7af09..0dc268be29fe 100644
--- a/net-im/signal-desktop/get_deps.sh
+++ b/net-im/signal-desktop/get_deps.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-SIGNAL_VERS=v7.15.0
+SIGNAL_VERS=v7.16.0
 
 fetch -qo /tmp/package.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/${SIGNAL_VERS}/package.json
 node_version=$(awk /'"node":'/'{print $2}' /tmp/package.json | sed 's/"//g')
 echo "NODE_VERSION= ${node_version}"
 
 ringrtc_version=$(grep '@signalapp/ringrtc"' /tmp/package.json | awk -F ":" '{print $2}' | sed -E 's#("|,| )##g')
 echo "RINGRTC_VERSION= ${ringrtc_version}"
 
 webrtc_version=$(fetch -qo - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/signalapp/ringrtc/v${ringrtc_version}/config/version.properties | grep 'webrtc.version' | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
 echo "WEBRTC_REV= ${webrtc_version}"
 
 libsignalclient_version=$(grep '@signalapp/libsignal-client' /tmp/package.json | awk -F ":" '{print $2}' | sed -E 's#("|,| )##g')
 echo "LIBSIGNAL_VERSION= ${libsignalclient_version}"
 
 electron_version=$(grep '"electron":' /tmp/package.json | awk -F ":" '{print $2}' | sed -E 's#("|,| )##g')
 echo "ELECTRON_VERSION= ${electron_version}"
 
 bsqlite3_version=$(grep '@signalapp/better-sqlite3' /tmp/package.json | awk -F ":" '{print $2}' | sed -E 's#("|,| )##g')
diff --git a/net-im/signal-desktop/pkg-descr b/net-im/signal-desktop/pkg-descr
index 9b48caaad419..b313e128bb25 100644
--- a/net-im/signal-desktop/pkg-descr
+++ b/net-im/signal-desktop/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Signal is a cross-platform centralized encrypted messaging service developed
 by the Signal Technology Foundation and Signal Messenger LLC.
 It uses the Internet to send one-to-one and group messages, which can include
 files, voice notes, images and videos. It can also be used to make one-to-one
-and group voice and video calls.
+and group voice and video calls.