diff --git a/project/BuildHelper.scala b/project/BuildHelper.scala
index 1448a489f..69ca1e44f 100644
--- a/project/BuildHelper.scala
+++ b/project/BuildHelper.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ object BuildHelper {
   val Scala213: String = versions("2.13")
   val Scala3: String   = versions("3.2") //versions.getOrElse("3.0", versions("3.1"))
 
-  val zioVersion                   = "2.0.10"
+  val zioVersion                   = "2.0.16"
   val zioJsonVersion               = "0.5.0"
   val zioPreludeVersion            = "1.0.0-RC18"
   val zioOpticsVersion             = "0.2.1"