diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
index e82b13d12c65..e69161541ff3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, recode, perl, withOffensive ? false }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, recode, perl, rinutils, withOffensive ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fortune-mod";
-  version = "3.14.1";
+  version = "3.16.0";
 
   # We use fetchurl instead of fetchFromGitHub because the release pack has some
   # special files.
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/shlomif/fortune-mod/releases/download/${pname}-${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-NnAj9dsB1ZUuTm2W8mPdK2h15Dtro8ve6c+tPoKUsXs=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-dkpkTBulXaN52BHaV4MWEIoQFkmWaG66O9Ppes/GLPo=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake perl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake perl rinutils ];
 
   buildInputs = [ recode ];