diff --git a/roles/etherpad/defaults/main.yml b/roles/etherpad/defaults/main.yml
index c2b081a..822e2e3 100644
--- a/roles/etherpad/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/etherpad/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ etherpad_root_dir: /opt/etherpad_{{ etherpad_id }}
 # Unix account under which etherpad will run. The user will be created if it doesn't exist
 etherpad_user: etherpad_{{ etherpad_id }}
 # Version to deploy
-etherpad_version: 1.8.15
+etherpad_version: 1.8.16
 # URL from where the archive will be downloaded
 etherpad_archive_url: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/archive/{{ etherpad_version }}.tar.gz
 # Expected sha1 of the archive, to check the download were OK
-etherpad_archive_sha1: c7995d0418c919d97e62c941e70fb20940ce7b35
+etherpad_archive_sha1: 048801cdcf597a1b3b14c7ef560daa839e836435
 # Port on which the service will listen
 etherpad_port: 9003
 # List of IP/CIDR for which the port will be opened (if iptables_manage == True)