diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index b287e3e2f6..15bb9ddcf7 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.0.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-osgi" % "0.9.6")
 
-val scalaJSVersion = Option(System.getenv("SCALAJS_VERSION")).getOrElse("1.15.0")
+val scalaJSVersion = Option(System.getenv("SCALAJS_VERSION")).getOrElse("1.16.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-scalajs" % scalaJSVersion)