diff --git a/mypy-requirements.txt b/mypy-requirements.txt
index 3dc19c4e3..b9352492c 100644
--- a/mypy-requirements.txt
+++ b/mypy-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mypy==1.16.0  # also update pyproject.toml
+mypy==1.16.1  # also update pyproject.toml
 ruamel.yaml>=0.16.0,<0.19
 cwl-utils>=0.32
 cwltest
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 222d23159..047d56ca4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=45",
     "setuptools_scm[toml]>=8.0.4,<9",
-    "mypy==1.16.0",  # also update mypy-requirements.txt
+    "mypy==1.16.1",  # also update mypy-requirements.txt
     "types-requests",
     "types-psutil",
     "importlib_resources>=1.4;python_version<'3.9'",