diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 9f47885e3d..3fe5fc7aaf 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 unreleased
 ==========
+  * deps: serve-static@0.16.0
+    * Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
   * deps: send@0.19.0
     * Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
   * deps: body-parser@0.6.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1dc8c5b70c..e9045763b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
     "safe-buffer": "5.2.1",
     "send": "0.19.0",
-    "serve-static": "1.15.0",
+    "serve-static": "1.16.0",
     "setprototypeof": "1.2.0",
     "statuses": "2.0.1",
     "type-is": "~1.6.18",
diff --git a/test/express.static.js b/test/express.static.js
index 245fd5929c..23e607ed93 100644
--- a/test/express.static.js
+++ b/test/express.static.js
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ describe('express.static()', function () {
       request(this.app)
         .get('/users')
         .expect('Location', '/users/')
-        .expect(301, /<a href="\/users\/">/, done)
+        .expect(301, /\/users\//, done)
     })
 
     it('should redirect directories with query string', function (done) {
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ describe('express.static()', function () {
         .get('/snow')
         .expect('Location', '/snow%20%E2%98%83/')
         .expect('Content-Type', /html/)
-        .expect(301, />Redirecting to <a href="\/snow%20%E2%98%83\/">\/snow%20%E2%98%83\/<\/a></, done)
+        .expect(301, />Redirecting to \/snow%20%E2%98%83\/</, done)
     })
 
     it('should respond with default Content-Security-Policy', function (done) {