diff --git a/examples/third_party/gperftools/gperftools_repositories.bzl b/examples/third_party/gperftools/gperftools_repositories.bzl
index 0ef1592b4..2638dc8da 100644
--- a/examples/third_party/gperftools/gperftools_repositories.bzl
+++ b/examples/third_party/gperftools/gperftools_repositories.bzl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def gperftools_repositories():
         http_archive,
         name = "gperftools",
         build_file = Label("//gperftools:BUILD.gperftools.bazel"),
-        sha256 = "1ee8c8699a0eff6b6a203e59b43330536b22bbcbe6448f54c7091e5efb0763c9",
-        strip_prefix = "gperftools-2.7",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/releases/download/gperftools-2.7/gperftools-2.7.tar.gz"],
+        sha256 = "",
+        strip_prefix = "gperftools-2.16",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/releases/download/gperftools-2.16/gperftools-2.16.tar.gz"],
     )