diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9973cb062..2c0c09064 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2861,9 +2861,9 @@ checksum = "f1382d1f0a252c4bf97dc20d979a2fdd05b024acd7c2ed0f7595d7817666a157"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ba30cc2c0cd02af1222ed216ba659cdb2f879dfe3181852fe7c50b1d0005949"
+checksum = "27b71749df584b7f4cac2c426c127a7c785a5106cc98f7a8feb044115f0fa254"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.0",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/tools/release-operator/Cargo.toml b/tools/release-operator/Cargo.toml
index 2c91127a2..3333ada7d 100644
--- a/tools/release-operator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/release-operator/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.40"
 path = "../autolib"
 
 [dependencies.reqwest]
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 features = ["blocking"]
 
 [dependencies.clap]