diff --git a/reference-apps/fastapi/requirements.txt b/reference-apps/fastapi/requirements.txt
index 4723c62..b9d8644 100644
--- a/reference-apps/fastapi/requirements.txt
+++ b/reference-apps/fastapi/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ asyncpg==0.31.0
 aiomysql==0.3.2
 cryptography>=41.0.0  # Required for MySQL caching_sha2_password auth
 motor==3.7.1
-pymongo==4.15.5
+pymongo==4.16.0
 
 # Redis and Caching
 # redis 4.3.0+ required for redis.asyncio.cluster module used by fastapi-cache2