diff --git a/devel/nodejs18/Portfile b/devel/nodejs18/Portfile
index 431b33e41534c..fb8f0e11f2271 100644
--- a/devel/nodejs18/Portfile
+++ b/devel/nodejs18/Portfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ configure.cxx_stdlib    libc++
 compiler.cxx_standard   2014
 
 name                    nodejs18
-version                 18.15.0
+version                 18.16.0
 revision                0
 
 categories              devel net
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ homepage                https://nodejs.org/
 master_sites            ${homepage}dist/v${version}
 use_xz                  yes
 
-checksums               rmd160  6aef597fdde672c820ef48cfea6e028a9580aa8a \
-                        sha256  8e44d65018ff973284195c23186469a0ea4082e97ec4200e5f5706d5584daa37 \
-                        size    40355624
+checksums               rmd160  d2031b9967c2d6c3838d85ec63c33e0b48274081 \
+                        sha256  33d81a233e235a509adda4a4f2209008d04591979de6b3f0f67c1c906093f118 \
+                        size    40467860
 
 distname                node-v${version}
 
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ destroot {
 
     # install docs
     xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} \
-        AUTHORS \
         CHANGELOG.md \
         CONTRIBUTING.md \
         GOVERNANCE.md \