diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dd789c5de0..1ca2304802 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 		<project.build.docs.branch>main</project.build.docs.branch>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<quarkus-neo4j.version>4.4.0</quarkus-neo4j.version>
-		<quarkus.version>3.16.0</quarkus.version>
+		<quarkus.version>3.16.1</quarkus.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
 		<!--
 		 I am not in the mood for _yet_ another player in the Neo4j-Java-Driver 5.x, Spring Boot 3, Quarkus Future battle of version fu