diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a2ce0d..10d47f2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["maturin>=1.5,<2.0"]
+requires = ["maturin>=1.16.0,<2.0"]
 build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = []
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["pytest>=7.0", "maturin>=1.5,<2.0"]
+dev = ["pytest>=7.0", "maturin>=1.16.0,<2.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/Mullassery/PyTagShield"