diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-simplejson/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-simplejson/package.py
index ea8799b75ae041ac35d4768b29b79657cccbef29..7206102d2e2aa42e241665e4532eea20c6c106ce 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-simplejson/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-simplejson/package.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class PySimplejson(PythonPackage):
     homepage = "https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson"
     url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/simplejson/simplejson-3.10.0.tar.gz"
 
+    version('3.16.0', sha256='b1f329139ba647a9548aa05fb95d046b4a677643070dc2afc05fa2e975d09ca5')
     version('3.10.0', sha256='953be622e88323c6f43fad61ffd05bebe73b9fd9863a46d68b052d2aa7d71ce2')
     version('3.9.0',  sha256='e9abeee37424f4bfcd27d001d943582fb8c729ffc0b74b72bd0e9b626ed0d1b6')
     version('3.8.2',  sha256='d58439c548433adcda98e695be53e526ba940a4b9c44fb9a05d92cd495cdd47f')