diff --git a/games/wesnoth/wesnoth.SlackBuild b/games/wesnoth/wesnoth.SlackBuild
index a585dfc7db..6a736caf25 100644
--- a/games/wesnoth/wesnoth.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/wesnoth/wesnoth.SlackBuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Copyright 2007-2010  Michiel van Wessem, Manchester, United Kingdom
 # Copyright 2010-2017 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
-# Copyright 2018 Edward W. Koenig, Vancouver, WA, USA
+# Copyright 2018-2022 Edward W. Koenig, Vancouver, WA, USA
 # All  rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=wesnoth
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.14.17}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.16.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
+NUMJOBs=${NUMJOBS:-1}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ scons \
  icondir=/usr/share/icons \
  desktopdir=/usr/share/applications \
  $OPT_SERVER \
+ jobs=${NUMJOBS} \
  wesnoth wesnothd campaignd
 
 scons install destdir=$PKG
diff --git a/games/wesnoth/wesnoth.info b/games/wesnoth/wesnoth.info
index 0486871ecb..6ee91a31ad 100644
--- a/games/wesnoth/wesnoth.info
+++ b/games/wesnoth/wesnoth.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="wesnoth"
-VERSION="1.14.17"
+VERSION="1.16.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.wesnoth.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wesnoth/wesnoth-1.14.17.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="5ef1d8045fd52f17852b726826c5c52a"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wesnoth/wesnoth-1.16.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="1e05350c9349e4c48c25c3b1cd08debb"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""