diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 26ae8d7e..cffc79cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <spotless.check.skip>${skipChecks}</spotless.check.skip>
 
     <!-- project dependencies -->
-    <version.agrona>1.15.2</version.agrona>
+    <version.agrona>1.16.0</version.agrona>
     <version.apiguardian>1.1.2</version.apiguardian>
     <version.asm>9.3</version.asm>
     <version.assertj>3.23.0</version.assertj>