diff --git a/bird2/Makefile b/bird2/Makefile
index 45087571d..7fbd56752 100644
--- a/bird2/Makefile
+++ b/bird2/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=bird2
-PKG_VERSION:=2.15.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=2.16
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=bird-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/bird
-PKG_HASH:=48e85c622de164756c132ea77ad1a8a95cc9fd0137ffd0d882746589ce75c75d
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://bird.network.cz/download/
+PKG_HASH:=6629110293af6f1727967121d64f9c8dc94ed6181c4ef8b1dc51c7fdd669871c
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later