diff --git a/mypy-requirements.txt b/mypy-requirements.txt
index 20d6c2de1..9ad3ca955 100644
--- a/mypy-requirements.txt
+++ b/mypy-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mypy[mypyc]==1.15.0  # update pyproject.toml as well
+mypy[mypyc]==1.16.1  # update pyproject.toml as well
 black>=23.12,<24.11
 types-requests
 types-dataclasses
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b17922d82..80130ad39 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=50",  # 50 is to match mypyc's minimum
     "setuptools_scm[toml]>=8.0.4,<9",
-    'mypy[mypyc]==1.15.0',  # update mypy-requirements as well
+    'mypy[mypyc]==1.16.1',  # update mypy-requirements as well
     "black>=19.10b0,<24.11",
     "types-requests",
     "types-dataclasses",