diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.16.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.16.x.nix
index 4547f745a98f..89a5b4879004 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.16.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.16.x.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, autoconf }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  # When updating, beware of https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/131928#issuecomment-896614165
   pname = "automake";
-  version = "1.16.3";
+  version = "1.16.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/automake/automake-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0fmz2fhmzcpacnprl5msphvaflwiy0hvpgmqlgfny72ddijzfazz";
+    sha256 = "0sdl32qxdy7m06iggmkkvf7j520rmmgbsjzbm7fgnxwxdp6mh7gh";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf perl ];