diff --git a/ferret/ferret.spec b/ferret/ferret.spec
index 2bd972a0c7..5b9c68d1f9 100644
--- a/ferret/ferret.spec
+++ b/ferret/ferret.spec
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 ##
 
 #   package version
-%define       V_opkg  0.16.3
-%define       V_dist  20211224
+%define       V_opkg  0.16.4
+%define       V_dist  20220104
 
 #   package information
 Name:         ferret
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Web
 License:      MIT
 Version:      %{V_opkg}.%{V_dist}
-Release:      20211224
+Release:      20220104
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://download.openpkg.org/components/versioned/ferret/ferret-%{V_dist}.tar.xz