diff --git a/kubespray/requirements.txt b/kubespray/requirements.txt
index c28a6401..56a5ee03 100644
--- a/kubespray/requirements.txt
+++ b/kubespray/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ansible-lint==26.4.0
-ansible-core==2.18.15 # required by Kubespray
+ansible-core==2.18.16 # required by Kubespray
 Jinja2==3.1.6
 distlib==0.4.0 # required by Kubespray
 netaddr==1.3.0 # required by Kubespray