diff --git a/libs/libyang/Makefile b/libs/libyang/Makefile
index c0f8aad1a..b6a7d17a5 100644
--- a/libs/libyang/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libyang/Makefile
@@ -8,21 +8,16 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libyang
-PKG_VERSION:=0.15.130
-PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
+PKG_VERSION:=0.16-r1
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Mislav Novakovic <mislav.novakovic@sartura.hr>
 
-PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=d6baaf90e24af3b07649e9dda6fc0d9b272b2ebc
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=eace667ae787ac27b7c717a52f672d05e55608c47d9e54d39d60f8ab5e47f0c9
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/CESNET/libyang.git
-PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/CESNET/libyang/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
+PKG_HASH:=43ab396fc7529251dc9cf02fbd8da48dcf476b998ea0f9e66197632988969074
 
-PKG_BUILD_ROOT:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR)
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(PKG_BUILD_ROOT)
+CMAKE_INSTALL:=1
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_INSTALL:=1