diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/telegraf/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/telegraf/default.nix
index a12b9e50adb..fa94a3332a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/telegraf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/telegraf/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "telegraf";
-  version = "1.15.2";
+  version = "1.16.2";
 
   excludedPackages = "test";
 
@@ -12,19 +12,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     owner = "influxdata";
     repo = "telegraf";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "045wjpq29dr0s48ns3a4p8pw1j0ssfcw6m91iim4pkrppj7bm2di";
+    sha256 = "sha256-XdlXUwGn2isGn7SqCGaAjntposBEd6WbbdfN6dEycDI=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/7988
-    # fix broken cgo vendoring
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/commit/63e1f41d8ff246d191d008ff7f69d69cc34b4fae.patch";
-      sha256 = "0ikifc4414bid3g6hhxz18cw71z63s5g805klx98vrndjlpbqkzw";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  vendorSha256 = "0f95xigpkindd7dmci8kqpqq5dlirimbqh8ai73142asbrd5h4yr";
+  vendorSha256 = "02fqx817w6f9grfc69ri06a6qygbr5chan6w9waq2y0mxvmypz28";
 
   buildFlagsArray = [ ''-ldflags=
     -w -s -X main.version=${version}