diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
index df8024e040e..b2af5451b8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sudo-1.8.15";
+  name = "sudo-1.8.16";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls =
       [ "ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/${name}.tar.gz"
         "ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/OLD/${name}.tar.gz"
       ];
-    sha256 = "0263gi6i19fyzzc488n0qw3m518i39f6a7qmrfvahk9j10bkh5j3";
+    sha256 = "0k86sm9ilhxhvnfwq3092zhfxazj3kddn0y2mirz0nqjqmpq50rd";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [