diff --git a/charms/worker/k8s/requirements.txt b/charms/worker/k8s/requirements.txt
index da1c5939..6677e70c 100644
--- a/charms/worker/k8s/requirements.txt
+++ b/charms/worker/k8s/requirements.txt
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ tomli-w == 1.0.0
 typing_extensions==4.12.2
 websocket-client==1.8.0
 poetry-core==1.9.1
-lightkube==0.15.7
+lightkube==0.16.0
 httpx==0.27.2