diff --git a/perl/perl-AnyEvent/perl-AnyEvent.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-AnyEvent/perl-AnyEvent.SlackBuild
index 47932a8acf..289703cb35 100644
--- a/perl/perl-AnyEvent/perl-AnyEvent.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-AnyEvent/perl-AnyEvent.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=perl-AnyEvent
-VERSION=${VERSION:-7.15}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-7.16}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/perl/perl-AnyEvent/perl-AnyEvent.info b/perl/perl-AnyEvent/perl-AnyEvent.info
index c30b5634f1..7a6451aaf5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-AnyEvent/perl-AnyEvent.info
+++ b/perl/perl-AnyEvent/perl-AnyEvent.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="perl-AnyEvent"
-VERSION="7.15"
+VERSION="7.16"
 HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/release/AnyEvent"
-DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/ML/MLEHMANN/AnyEvent-7.15.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="61b4baac7f00f39ab60367f744a3a84a"
+DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/ML/MLEHMANN/AnyEvent-7.16.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="fd62d4a196499b21e6f68dae2f5f6add"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Emmanuel N. Millan"
-EMAIL="emmanueln[at]gmail[dot]com"
+EMAIL="emmanueln@gmail.com"