diff --git a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
index fc017b6e0b..4c2c441098 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 black~=25.1
-mypy==1.15.0
+mypy==1.16.1
 pip~=25.1
 pytest~=8.4
 pytest-mypy~=1.0