diff --git a/misc/py-gguf/Makefile b/misc/py-gguf/Makefile
index 26ca04548cd3..d6ead1d55bcb 100644
--- a/misc/py-gguf/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-gguf/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	gguf
-DISTVERSION=	0.16.0.${GH_TAGNAME:S/b//} # the base version is in pyproject.toml, updated by post-patch
+DISTVERSION=	0.16.2.${GH_TAGNAME:S/b//} # the base version is in pyproject.toml, updated by post-patch
 CATEGORIES=	misc python # machine-learning
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # the PYPI version is way behind of llama-cpp
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ggml-org
 GH_PROJECT=	llama.cpp
-GH_TAGNAME=	b5142
+GH_TAGNAME=	b5162
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${GH_PROJECT}-${GH_TAGNAME}/gguf-py
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-patch: # update version to reflect llama-cpp revision, have to use '.' since '-' is interpreted as "post"
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
-		-e 's/version = "0.16.0"/version = "0.16.0.${GH_TAGNAME:S/b//}"/' \
+		-e 's/version = "${DISTVERSION:R}"/version = "${DISTVERSION:R}.${GH_TAGNAME:S/b//}"/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/pyproject.toml
 
 # tests as of 0.16.0: 5 passed in 1.64s
diff --git a/misc/py-gguf/distinfo b/misc/py-gguf/distinfo
index d01d100e4242..69f819ce4a14 100644
--- a/misc/py-gguf/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-gguf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1744790558
-SHA256 (ggml-org-llama.cpp-0.16.0.5142-b5142_GH0.tar.gz) = 6800a611ae4cd38005bcf4228040ebd2936803e0869f8b29d14a944faae88b53
-SIZE (ggml-org-llama.cpp-0.16.0.5142-b5142_GH0.tar.gz) = 21044660
+TIMESTAMP = 1745190634
+SHA256 (ggml-org-llama.cpp-0.16.2.5162-b5162_GH0.tar.gz) = 84ad19e6e2db5d0f19c8c3feb3113f852d75cee266261be8b39963e5b901d14d
+SIZE (ggml-org-llama.cpp-0.16.2.5162-b5162_GH0.tar.gz) = 21065130