diff --git a/databases/rqlite/Makefile b/databases/rqlite/Makefile
index f370158e88be..71c467e6fff7 100644
--- a/databases/rqlite/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rqlite/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	rqlite
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	8.16.2
+DISTVERSION=	8.16.5
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight, distributed relational database built on SQLite
 WWW=		https://rqlite.io/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:1.21,modules
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/rqlite/rqlite/v8
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/rqbench \
 		./cmd/rqlite \
 		./cmd/rqlited
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/rqbench \
 		bin/rqlite \
 		bin/rqlited
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/rqlite/distinfo b/databases/rqlite/distinfo
index 9f7a01cd7c07..78b64596ccb5 100644
--- a/databases/rqlite/distinfo
+++ b/databases/rqlite/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1704949837
-SHA256 (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.2/v8.16.2.mod) = c95ae94fdea0349fb9c654096aba3de12dff55736148b0787573fe79764548bb
-SIZE (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.2/v8.16.2.mod) = 2678
-SHA256 (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.2/v8.16.2.zip) = df7abe88564dbf88547a7bea3298945a27145bd2d9c900988de63d1d93cc8a7c
-SIZE (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.2/v8.16.2.zip) = 712358
+TIMESTAMP = 1705309236
+SHA256 (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.5/v8.16.5.mod) = 824574f39d435988768ef6108964a6774dc84f011863c38a1a749575729fd209
+SIZE (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.5/v8.16.5.mod) = 2678
+SHA256 (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.5/v8.16.5.zip) = fc587c72b74f5cec473cec54e651915cad039270e3537bec7e93b684f852515d
+SIZE (go/databases_rqlite/rqlite-v8.16.5/v8.16.5.zip) = 717214