diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/default.nix
index df4729eeb816..afb3b1c17e07 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "esbuild";
-  version = "0.15.18";
+  version = "0.16.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "evanw";
     repo = "esbuild";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-b9R1ML+pgRg9j2yrkQmBulPuLHYLUQvW+WTyR/Cq6zE=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-5b9uJfIGWDQi5exPVCgK/9wrozptX1FebPMrWJ0v4TM=";
   };
 
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-+BfxCyg0KkDQpHt/wycy/8CTG6YBA/VJvJFhhzUnSiQ=";