diff --git a/print/latex-biber/Makefile b/print/latex-biber/Makefile
index 3d270361a7f3..f8ef46887571 100644
--- a/print/latex-biber/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-biber/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 PORTNAME=	biber
-PORTVERSION=	2.17
+# https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/development/documentation/biber.pdf/download
+# Keep this in-sync with biblatex.sty (currently at 3.16).
+PORTVERSION=	2.16
+PORTEPOCH=	1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	print perl5
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	latex-
 DIST_SUBDIR=	TeX
diff --git a/print/latex-biber/distinfo b/print/latex-biber/distinfo
index 7d703d179a5c..ea842619b257 100644
--- a/print/latex-biber/distinfo
+++ b/print/latex-biber/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1645567239
-SHA256 (TeX/plk-biber-v2.17_GH0.tar.gz) = 1ee7efdd8343e982046f2301c1b0dcf09e1f9a997ac86ed1018dcb41d04c9e88
-SIZE (TeX/plk-biber-v2.17_GH0.tar.gz) = 1607708
+TIMESTAMP = 1673615863
+SHA256 (TeX/plk-biber-v2.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 57111ebc6d0d1933e55d3fe1a92f8ef57c602388ae83598a8073c8a77fd811e2
+SIZE (TeX/plk-biber-v2.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 1594209