diff --git a/roles/postgres_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/postgres_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 0a133c52..76927467 100644
--- a/roles/postgres_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/postgres_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-postgres_exporter_version: 0.15.0
+postgres_exporter_version: 0.16.0
 postgres_exporter_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _postgres_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ postgres_exporter_version }}/\
                            postgres_exporter-{{ postgres_exporter_version }}.{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ _postgres_exporter_go_ansible_arch }}.tar.gz"
 postgres_exporter_checksums_url: "https://github.com/{{ _postgres_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ postgres_exporter_version }}/sha256sums.txt"
diff --git a/roles/postgres_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/postgres_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 0256e4bf..70b64cb8 100644
--- a/roles/postgres_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/postgres_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       postgres_exporter_version:
         description: "PostgreSQL exporter package version. Also accepts latest as parameter."
-        default: "0.15.0"
+        default: "0.16.0"
       postgres_exporter_binary_url:
         description: "URL of the postgres_exporter binaries .tar.gz file"
         default: "https://github.com/{{ _postgres_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ postgres_exporter_version }}/postgres_exporter-{{ postgres_exporter_version }}.{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ _postgres_exporter_go_ansible_arch }}.tar.gz"