diff --git a/glicid/packages/linux.scm b/glicid/packages/linux.scm
index 31f0096..1c809d6 100644
--- a/glicid/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/glicid/packages/linux.scm
@@ -199,11 +199,29 @@
   )
 )
 
+(define-public libfabric-upstream-1.16.1
+  (package
+    (inherit gnu:libfabric)
+    (version "1.16.1")
+    (name (string-append (package-name gnu:libfabric) "-upstream" ))
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+        (uri (string-append "https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/releases/download/v" version "/libfabric-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+        (sha256 (base32 "0gqr7765za14kalwws2brw8l6zw80iai0ggaljw99zls7z9r5yak"))
+      )
+    )
+    (inputs `( ("util-linux:lib", util-linux "lib") ;; uuid.h, numa.h
+               ("numactl", gnu:numactl)
+  ,@(package-inputs gnu:libfabric)))
+  )
+)
+
    
 
 
 
-(define local-libfabric libfabric-upstream-1.15.1)
+(define local-libfabric libfabric-upstream-1.16.1)
 
 
 
@@ -373,3 +391,4 @@
 ;
 ;local-libfabric
 ;psm2-upstream-11.2.230
+;libfabric-upstream-1.16.1
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