diff --git a/external/miniupnpc/CMakeLists.txt b/external/miniupnpc/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e7645a9..2d75a530 100644
--- a/external/miniupnpc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/miniupnpc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 
 project (miniupnpc C)
 set (MINIUPNPC_VERSION 1.9)
-set (MINIUPNPC_API_VERSION 15)
+set (MINIUPNPC_API_VERSION 16)
 
 # - we comment out this block as we don't support these other build types
 if(0)