diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
index 68d497e955..8322a62b51 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ commands would.")
 (define-public i3-wm
   (package
     (name "i3-wm")
-    (version "4.15")
+    (version "4.16")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://i3wm.org/downloads/i3-"
                                   version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "09jk70hsdxab24lqvj2f30ijrkbv3f6q9xi5dcsax1dw3x6m4z91"))))
+                "1d2mnryn7m9c6d69awd7lwzadliapd0ahi5n8d0ppqy533ssaq6c"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:make-flags