diff --git a/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/portfile.cmake b/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/portfile.cmake
index 41fc8a7463..a2b67f5ade 100644
--- a/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/portfile.cmake
+++ b/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
     URLS "https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v${VERSION}/postgresql-${VERSION}.tar.bz2"
     FILENAME "postgresql-${VERSION}.tar.bz2"
-    SHA512 c66b72d2d9bc503b9ad19c67384517ae921c494b2916f32157c2528dcbb38aefeb4a8cd5003fd40ba8a19612ea64511d534ff5d99e7a1b266024232f983bcf39
+    SHA512 69f4635e5841452599f13b47df41ce2425ab34b4e4582fd2c635bc78d561fa36c5b03eccb4ae6569872dc74775be1b5a62dee20c9a4f12a43339250128352918
 )
 
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(
diff --git a/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/unix/fix-configure.patch b/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/unix/fix-configure.patch
index e5e1b91658..1ae14453b2 100644
--- a/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/unix/fix-configure.patch
+++ b/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/unix/fix-configure.patch
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ index 7f97248..48ff1a1 100644
 +++ b/configure.ac
 @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ m4_pattern_forbid(^PGAC_)dnl to catch undefined macros
  
- AC_INIT([PostgreSQL], [16.0], [pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org], [], [https://www.postgresql.org/])
+ AC_INIT([PostgreSQL], [16.1], [pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org], [], [https://www.postgresql.org/])
  
 -m4_if(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [2.69], [], [m4_fatal([Autoconf version 2.69 is required.
 +cross_compiling=yes # Avoid conftest loading shared objects
diff --git a/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/vcpkg.json
index 5cf4153e6e..bdc63ccae7 100644
--- a/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg/overlay/libpq/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libpq",
-  "version": "16.0",
+  "version": "16.1",
   "port-version": 1,
   "description": "The official database access API of postgresql",
   "homepage": "https://www.postgresql.org/",