diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0f91471..c26dfc1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ develop = [
   "poethepoet<1",
   "pyproject-fmt<1.3",
   "ruff==0.0.292",
-  "validate-pyproject<0.15",
+  "validate-pyproject<0.16",
 ]
 examples = [
   "salesforce-merlion<2.1",