diff --git a/jep/com.ibm.wala.cast.python.cpython/pom.xml b/jep/com.ibm.wala.cast.python.cpython/pom.xml
index 36b40460..a6a37e03 100644
--- a/jep/com.ibm.wala.cast.python.cpython/pom.xml
+++ b/jep/com.ibm.wala.cast.python.cpython/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
       <artifactId>parquet-avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.14.3</version>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>