diff --git a/melodic/distribution.yaml b/melodic/distribution.yaml
index 30e20e11e1467..5534abb1e74ec 100755
--- a/melodic/distribution.yaml
+++ b/melodic/distribution.yaml
@@ -6534,7 +6534,7 @@ repositories:
       tags:
         release: release/melodic/{package}/{version}
       url: https://github.com/mavlink/mavros-release.git
-      version: 1.15.0-1
+      version: 1.16.0-1
     source:
       test_pull_requests: true
       type: git