diff --git a/devel/google-perftools/Makefile b/devel/google-perftools/Makefile
index 45c3f01e92d2..c52c903cad2f 100644
--- a/devel/google-perftools/Makefile
+++ b/devel/google-perftools/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	google-perftools
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	gperftools-
-DISTVERSION=	2.15
+DISTVERSION=	2.16
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/releases/download/gperftools-${PORTVERSION}/
 DISTNAME=	gperftools-${PORTVERSION}
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ BROKEN_armv7=	error: use of undeclared identifier '_URC_NO_REASON', see https://
 BROKEN_riscv64=	error: Cannot calculate stack trace: will need to write for your environment, see https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/issues/1359
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 gmake libtool localbase:ldflags perl5
-GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	test
-TEST_TARGET=	check
-# two tests are failing
+
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
+
+TEST_TARGET=	check # 7 tests are failing, see https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/issues/1572
 TESTING_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 LIBS+=		-lexecinfo
diff --git a/devel/google-perftools/distinfo b/devel/google-perftools/distinfo
index 4ee20330c5e4..998f96d8e9db 100644
--- a/devel/google-perftools/distinfo
+++ b/devel/google-perftools/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1709196244
-SHA256 (gperftools-2.15.tar.gz) = c69fef855628c81ef56f12e3c58f2b7ce1f326c0a1fe783e5cae0b88cbbe9a80
-SIZE (gperftools-2.15.tar.gz) = 1511014
+TIMESTAMP = 1730785956
+SHA256 (gperftools-2.16.tar.gz) = f12624af5c5987f2cc830ee534f754c3c5961eec08004c26a8b80de015cf056f
+SIZE (gperftools-2.16.tar.gz) = 2405927
diff --git a/devel/google-perftools/pkg-plist b/devel/google-perftools/pkg-plist
index a4bca331ec05..85b6f5bbe16c 100644
--- a/devel/google-perftools/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/google-perftools/pkg-plist
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 bin/perftools-pprof
 bin/pprof-symbolize
-include/google/heap-checker.h
-include/google/heap-profiler.h
-include/google/malloc_extension.h
-include/google/malloc_extension_c.h
-include/google/malloc_hook.h
-include/google/malloc_hook_c.h
-%%PROFILER%%include/google/profiler.h
-include/google/stacktrace.h
-include/google/tcmalloc.h
 include/gperftools/heap-checker.h
 include/gperftools/heap-profiler.h
 include/gperftools/malloc_extension.h
@@ -22,27 +13,27 @@ include/gperftools/tcmalloc.h
 %%PROFILER%%lib/libprofiler.a
 %%PROFILER%%lib/libprofiler.so
 %%PROFILER%%lib/libprofiler.so.0
-%%PROFILER%%lib/libprofiler.so.0.5.11
+%%PROFILER%%lib/libprofiler.so.0.5.13
 lib/libtcmalloc.a
 lib/libtcmalloc.so
 lib/libtcmalloc.so.4
-lib/libtcmalloc.so.4.5.16
+lib/libtcmalloc.so.4.5.18
 %%PROFILER%%lib/libtcmalloc_and_profiler.a
 %%PROFILER%%lib/libtcmalloc_and_profiler.so
 %%PROFILER%%lib/libtcmalloc_and_profiler.so.4
-%%PROFILER%%lib/libtcmalloc_and_profiler.so.4.6.11
+%%PROFILER%%lib/libtcmalloc_and_profiler.so.4.6.13
 lib/libtcmalloc_debug.a
 lib/libtcmalloc_debug.so
 lib/libtcmalloc_debug.so.4
-lib/libtcmalloc_debug.so.4.5.16
+lib/libtcmalloc_debug.so.4.5.18
 lib/libtcmalloc_minimal.a
 lib/libtcmalloc_minimal.so
 lib/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4
-lib/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4.5.16
+lib/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4.5.18
 lib/libtcmalloc_minimal_debug.a
 lib/libtcmalloc_minimal_debug.so
 lib/libtcmalloc_minimal_debug.so.4
-lib/libtcmalloc_minimal_debug.so.4.5.16
+lib/libtcmalloc_minimal_debug.so.4.5.18
 %%PROFILER%%libdata/pkgconfig/libprofiler.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/libtcmalloc.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/libtcmalloc_debug.pc