diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ka/katago/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ka/katago/package.nix
index b2536ee3e8a1..30b113517c8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ka/katago/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ka/katago/package.nix
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ assert lib.assertOneOf "backend" backend [
   "eigen"
 ];
 
-# N.b. older versions of cuda toolkit (e.g. 10) do not support newer versions
-# of gcc.  If you need to use cuda10, please override stdenv with gcc8Stdenv
 let
-  githash = "cd0ed6c0712088ddb901be68189ba7fa1439a9e7";
+  githash = "ba938676d7f42d70950b3a535af2466fb642008c";
   fakegit = writeShellScriptBin "git" "echo ${githash}";
   stdenv' =
     if
@@ -47,13 +45,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv'.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "katago";
-  version = "1.15.3";
+  version = "1.16.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lightvector";
     repo = "katago";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-hZc8LlOxnVqJqyqOSIWKv3550QOaGr79xgqsAQ8B8SM=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-+s4JO6+UMyeSHUqyRFEhJD2kmsdhcydanFWjTqxC1Tc=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [