diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9029d1d..67fa02a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Cross-platform runtime source requirements. Install into a venv:
 #   python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
-google-genai>=1.0.0
+google-genai>=2.16.0
 python-dotenv>=1.2.2
 mcp[cli]>=1.0.0
 openai>=2.48.0