diff --git a/ci/current.txt b/ci/current.txt
index 3ee286bd08..3dbfa45b16 100644
--- a/ci/current.txt
+++ b/ci/current.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ matplotlib==3.2.1
 numpy==1.18.5
 scipy==1.5.0
 pint==0.13
-xarray==0.15.1
+xarray==0.16.0
 traitlets==4.3.3
 pooch==1.1.1
 pandas==1.0.5
diff --git a/ci/minimum.txt b/ci/minimum.txt
index 9da32f05e7..2ee6614c66 100644
--- a/ci/minimum.txt
+++ b/ci/minimum.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ matplotlib==2.1.0
 numpy==1.16.0
 scipy==1.0.0
 pint==0.10.1
-xarray==0.13.0
+xarray==0.16.0
 traitlets==4.3.0
 pooch==0.1
 pandas==0.22.0