diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/0001-avoid-start-failure-with-bind-user.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/0001-avoid-start-failure-with-bind-user.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/0001-avoid-start-failure-with-bind-user.patch
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/0001-avoid-start-failure-with-bind-user.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/0001-named-lwresd-V-and-start-log-hide-build-options.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/0001-named-lwresd-V-and-start-log-hide-build-options.patch
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rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/0001-named-lwresd-V-and-start-log-hide-build-options.patch
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/0001-named-lwresd-V-and-start-log-hide-build-options.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/bind-ensure-searching-for-json-headers-searches-sysr.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/bind-ensure-searching-for-json-headers-searches-sysr.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/bind-ensure-searching-for-json-headers-searches-sysr.patch
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/bind-ensure-searching-for-json-headers-searches-sysr.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/bind9 b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/bind9
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rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/bind9
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/bind9
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/conf.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/conf.patch
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rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/conf.patch
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/conf.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/generate-rndc-key.sh b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/generate-rndc-key.sh
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rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/generate-rndc-key.sh
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/generate-rndc-key.sh
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/init.d-add-support-for-read-only-rootfs.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/init.d-add-support-for-read-only-rootfs.patch
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rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/init.d-add-support-for-read-only-rootfs.patch
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/init.d-add-support-for-read-only-rootfs.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/make-etc-initd-bind-stop-work.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/make-etc-initd-bind-stop-work.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/make-etc-initd-bind-stop-work.patch
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/make-etc-initd-bind-stop-work.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/named.service b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/named.service
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.15/named.service
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind-9.18.16/named.service
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.15.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.16.bb
similarity index 96%
rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.15.bb
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.16.bb
index 80164aad87..1b1649566a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.16.bb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SRC_URI = "https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://0001-avoid-start-failure-with-bind-user.patch \
            "
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "28ae8db14862801bc2bd4fd820db00667d3f1ff9ae9cc2d06a0ef7810fed7a4e"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c88234fe07ee75c3c8a9e59152fee64b714643de8e22cf98da3db4d0b57e0775"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/"
 # follow the ESV versions divisible by 2
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline=readline,,readline"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libedit] = "--with-readline=libedit,,libedit"
 PACKAGECONFIG[dns-over-http] = "--enable-doh,--disable-doh,nghttp2"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = " --disable-devpoll --disable-auto-validation --enable-epoll \
+EXTRA_OECONF = " --disable-auto-validation \
                  --with-gssapi=no --with-lmdb=no --with-zlib \
                  --sysconfdir=${sysconfdir}/bind \
                  --with-openssl=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${prefix} \