diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 215791ad..801f2e01 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ development = [
     'mypy==1.19.1',
     #'flake8==5.0.4', # version 6.x.x requires python >= 3.8.1 (but 3.7 support window is until 2023-06-27)
     'bandit==1.9.4',
-    'vulture==2.15',
+    'vulture==2.16',
     'pyroma==5.0.1',
     'isort==8.0.1',
     'pylint==4.0.5',