diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix
index 3c7e899cba71..833598448878 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ let
 in {
   inherit makeLinuxHeaders;
 
-  linuxHeaders = let version = "5.15.5"; in
+  linuxHeaders = let version = "5.16"; in
     makeLinuxHeaders {
       inherit version;
       src = fetchurl {
         url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-        sha256 = "sha256-6VZaMBUlrIHBQs64MvkFPdVoXhB9vPdT0N5MWLyYhR8=";
+        sha256 = "1fq86dbx2p124vi4j8nan68gj4zyw4xnqh4jxq9aqsdvi24pwz82";
       };
       patches = [
          ./no-relocs.patch # for building x86 kernel headers on non-ELF platforms