diff --git a/devel/automake/DETAILS b/devel/automake/DETAILS
index e604f0ae4..698035406 100644
--- a/devel/automake/DETAILS
+++ b/devel/automake/DETAILS
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
           MODULE=automake
-         VERSION=1.16.3
+         VERSION=1.16.5
           SOURCE=$MODULE-$VERSION.tar.xz
    SOURCE_URL[0]=$GNU_URL/$MODULE
    SOURCE_URL[1]=ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/$MODULE
    SOURCE_URL[2]=ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/$MODULE
-      SOURCE_VFY=sha256:ff2bf7656c4d1c6fdda3b8bebb21f09153a736bcba169aaf65eab25fa113bf3a
+      SOURCE_VFY=sha256:f01d58cd6d9d77fbdca9eb4bbd5ead1988228fdb73d6f7a201f5f8d6b118b469
         WEB_SITE=http://www.gnu.org/software/automake
          ENTERED=20010922
-         UPDATED=20201119
+         UPDATED=20211012
            SHORT="Generate GNU coding standards compliant Makefiles"
 
 cat << EOF