diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index da623510e5..f167677546 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -35841,8 +35841,52 @@ (define-public rust-polars-arrow-0.13
         ("rust-num" ,rust-num-0.4)
         ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1))))))
 
+(define-public rust-polars-core-0.16
+  (package
+    (name "rust-polars-core")
+    (version "0.16.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "polars-core" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0knhxc2b0k5jpvm7fxm64b5hjdyqgxjjyi6cnsiy5sya3mj3v9cd"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:skip-build? #t
+       #:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-ahash" ,rust-ahash-0.7)
+        ("rust-anyhow" ,rust-anyhow-1)
+        ("rust-arrow2" ,rust-arrow2-0.5)
+        ("rust-chrono" ,rust-chrono-0.4)
+        ("rust-comfy-table" ,rust-comfy-table-1)
+        ("rust-hashbrown" ,rust-hashbrown-0.11)
+        ("rust-itertools" ,rust-itertools-0.10)
+        ("rust-jsonpath-lib" ,rust-jsonpath-lib-0.3)
+        ("rust-lazy-static" ,rust-lazy-static-1)
+        ("rust-ndarray" ,rust-ndarray-0.15)
+        ("rust-num" ,rust-num-0.4)
+        ("rust-num-cpus" ,rust-num-cpus-1)
+        ("rust-polars-arrow" ,rust-polars-arrow-0.16)
+        ("rust-prettytable-rs" ,rust-prettytable-rs-0.8)
+        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.7)
+        ("rust-rand-distr" ,rust-rand-distr-0.3)
+        ("rust-rayon" ,rust-rayon-1)
+        ("rust-regex" ,rust-regex-1)
+        ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1)
+        ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1)
+        ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1)
+        ("rust-unsafe-unwrap" ,rust-unsafe-unwrap-0.1))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/ritchie46/polars")
+    (synopsis "Core of the Polars DataFrame library")
+    (description
+     "This crate provides the core of the Polars DataFrame library.")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
 (define-public rust-polars-core-0.15
   (package
+    (inherit rust-polars-core-0.16)
     (name "rust-polars-core")
     (version "0.15.1")
     (source
@@ -35852,7 +35896,6 @@ (define-public rust-polars-core-0.15
        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32 "0vzyyqg0s6h3k77z7nkmqrrgnp7nbi7sh5nmlw1ggrlml9ps0aa9"))))
-    (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:skip-build? #t
        #:cargo-inputs
@@ -35878,12 +35921,7 @@ (define-public rust-polars-core-0.15
         ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1)
         ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1)
         ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1)
-        ("rust-unsafe-unwrap" ,rust-unsafe-unwrap-0.1))))
-    (home-page "https://github.com/ritchie46/polars")
-    (synopsis "Core of the Polars DataFrame library")
-    (description
-     "This crate provides the core of the Polars DataFrame library.")
-    (license license:expat)))
+        ("rust-unsafe-unwrap" ,rust-unsafe-unwrap-0.1))))))
 
 (define-public rust-polars-core-0.14
   (package