diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/blackbox-exporter.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/blackbox-exporter.nix
index e15dce8ae450..b44ebd35e9a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/blackbox-exporter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/blackbox-exporter.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "blackbox_exporter";
-  version = "0.15.1";
+  version = "0.16.0";
   rev = version;
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter";
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     rev = "v${version}";
     owner = "prometheus";
     repo = "blackbox_exporter";
-    sha256 = "14z4xkkh9jb6ylclzsyj6gyqrb67lxs5cxd7lrs70qli567gzqwc";
+    sha256 = "1zbf3ljasv0r91rrmk3mj5nhimaf7xg3aih1ldz27rh5yww7gyzg";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # dns-lookup is performed for the tests
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Blackbox probing of endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP and ICMP";