diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a85bbeab..35d70c0d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ checksum = "e91b56cd4cadaeb79bbf1a5645f6b4f8dc5bde8834ad5894a8db35fda9efa1fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-properties"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52ea75f83c0137a9b98608359a5f1af8144876eb67bcb1ce837368e906a9f524"
+checksum = "e70f2a8b45122e719eb623c01822704c4e0907e7e426a05927e1a1cfff5b75d0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-script"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4d395c7c..d13bdbab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ core_maths = "0.1.0" # only for no_std builds
 smallvec = "1.6"
 unicode-bidi-mirroring = "0.4.0"
 unicode-ccc = "0.4.0"
-unicode-properties = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false, features = ["general-category"] }
+unicode-properties = { version = "0.1.3", default-features = false, features = ["general-category"] }
 unicode-script = "0.5.2"
 wasmi = { version = "0.36.0", optional = true }
 log = "0.4.22"
diff --git a/src/hb/unicode.rs b/src/hb/unicode.rs
index 660bbfd0..346e775b 100644
--- a/src/hb/unicode.rs
+++ b/src/hb/unicode.rs
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn check_unicode_version() {
         assert_eq!(unicode_bidi_mirroring::UNICODE_VERSION, (16, 0, 0));
         assert_eq!(unicode_ccc::UNICODE_VERSION, (16, 0, 0));
-        assert_eq!(unicode_properties::UNICODE_VERSION, (15, 1, 0));
+        assert_eq!(unicode_properties::UNICODE_VERSION, (16, 0, 0));
         assert_eq!(unicode_script::UNICODE_VERSION, (16, 0, 0));
         assert_eq!(crate::hb::unicode_norm::UNICODE_VERSION, (16, 0, 0));
     }