diff --git a/mail/astroid/Makefile b/mail/astroid/Makefile
index 794301c5abb5..384b04f8c8b3 100644
--- a/mail/astroid/Makefile
+++ b/mail/astroid/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	astroid
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.15
-PORTREVISION=	11
+DISTVERSION=	0.16
 CATEGORIES=	mail
 
 MAINTAINER=	mylan.connolly@gmail.com
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_system.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libsoup-2.4.so:devel/libsoup
 RUN_DEPENDS=	notmuch:mail/notmuch
 
-USES=		cmake compiler:c11 desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gnome \
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gnome \
 		pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	astroidmail
diff --git a/mail/astroid/distinfo b/mail/astroid/distinfo
index 37cbf78fb4ca..d1496b79c9cc 100644
--- a/mail/astroid/distinfo
+++ b/mail/astroid/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1565244146
-SHA256 (astroidmail-astroid-v0.15_GH0.tar.gz) = 8581bbdbc71bd00d4cdd473cfad8bc604628bb15616fe5eab5c623461f686c65
-SIZE (astroidmail-astroid-v0.15_GH0.tar.gz) = 3365732
+TIMESTAMP = 1645195442
+SHA256 (astroidmail-astroid-v0.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 32ecb8c2fafe67f70c7d5f2bc60bda1796d98a56a75f7868c7c1ca50cd7baf5e
+SIZE (astroidmail-astroid-v0.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 3370206