diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7ef1b643..619e33ca 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment-timezone/-/moment-timezone-0.5.34.tgz",
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@@ -7452,6 +7461,12 @@
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+    "node_modules/pg-connection-string": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.5.0.tgz",
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+    },
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-      "dependencies": {
-        "any-promise": "^1.3.0"
-      }
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry-as-promised/-/retry-as-promised-5.0.0.tgz",
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+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/reusify": {
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@@ -8426,29 +8438,40 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sequelize/-/sequelize-6.8.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-tekqSMoEuhlXfc9f/WduQr+9CS87bPWw/GKEvd+zMlOlMVFOzNx9PecQV+McjA7OUNUa1YGyPEt+Fe8baXST5A==",
+      "version": "6.16.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sequelize/-/sequelize-6.16.1.tgz",
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       "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "opencollective",
+          "url": "https://opencollective.com/sequelize"
+        }
+      ],
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-        "dottie": "^2.0.0",
-        "inflection": "1.13.1",
-        "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-        "moment": "^2.26.0",
-        "moment-timezone": "^0.5.31",
-        "retry-as-promised": "^3.2.0",
-        "semver": "^7.3.2",
-        "sequelize-pool": "^6.0.0",
+        "@types/debug": "^4.1.7",
+        "debug": "^4.3.3",
+        "dottie": "^2.0.2",
+        "inflection": "^1.13.1",
+        "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+        "moment": "^2.29.1",
+        "moment-timezone": "^0.5.34",
+        "pg-connection-string": "^2.5.0",
+        "retry-as-promised": "^5.0.0",
+        "semver": "^7.3.5",
+        "sequelize-pool": "^7.1.0",
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-        "uuid": "^8.1.0",
-        "validator": "^13.6.0",
+        "uuid": "^8.3.2",
+        "validator": "^13.7.0",
         "wkx": "^0.5.0"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "ibm_db": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
         "mariadb": {
           "optional": true
         },
@@ -8461,6 +8484,9 @@
         "pg-hstore": {
           "optional": true
         },
+        "snowflake-sdk": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
         "sqlite3": {
           "optional": true
         },
@@ -8470,14 +8496,31 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sequelize-pool/-/sequelize-pool-6.1.0.tgz",
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+      "version": "7.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sequelize-pool/-/sequelize-pool-7.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-G9c0qlIWQSK29pR/5U2JF5dDQeqqHRragoyahj/Nx4KOOQ3CPPfzxnfqFPCSB7x5UgjOgnZ61nSxz+fjDpRlJg==",
       "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 10.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/debug": {
+      "version": "4.3.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/zxw5+vh1Tfv+4Qn7a5nsbcJKPaSvCDhojn6FEl9vupwK2VCSDtEiEtqr8DFtzYFOdz63LBkxec7DYuc2jon6Q==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ms": "2.1.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "supports-color": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/uuid": {
       "version": "8.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
@@ -9486,9 +9529,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-13.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-gVgKbdbHgtxpRyR8K0O6oFZPhhB5tT1jeEHZR0Znr9Svg03U0+r9DXWMrnRAB+HtCStDQKlaIZm42tVsVjqtjg==",
+      "version": "13.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-13.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nYXQLCBkpJ8X6ltALua9dRrZDHVYxjJ1wgskNt1lH9fzGjs3tgojGSCBjmEPwkWS1y29+DrizMTW19Pr9uB2nw==",
       "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.10"
@@ -10859,6 +10902,15 @@
         "@types/chai": "*"
       }
     },
+    "@types/debug": {
+      "version": "4.1.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/debug/-/debug-4.1.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9AonUzyTjXXhEOa0DnqpzZi6VHlqKMswga9EXjpXnnqxwLtdvPPtlO8evrI5D9S6asFRCQ6v+wpiUKbw+vKqyg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@types/ms": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "@types/http-cache-semantics": {
       "version": "4.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/http-cache-semantics/-/http-cache-semantics-4.0.1.tgz",
@@ -10898,6 +10950,12 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "@types/ms": {
+      "version": "0.7.31",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/ms/-/ms-0.7.31.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iiUgKzV9AuaEkZqkOLDIvlQiL6ltuZd9tGcW3gwpnX8JbuiuhFlEGmmFXEXkN50Cvq7Os88IY2v0dkDqXYWVgA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "@types/node": {
       "version": "17.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-17.0.7.tgz",
@@ -11154,12 +11212,6 @@
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-      "version": "1.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/any-promise/-/any-promise-1.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-q8av7tzqUugJzcA3au0845Y10X8=",
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/anymatch/-/anymatch-3.1.2.tgz",
@@ -14642,9 +14694,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment-timezone/-/moment-timezone-0.5.33.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PTc2vcT8K9J5/9rDEPe5czSIKgLoGsH8UNpA4qZTVw0Vd/Uz19geE9abbIOQKaAQFcnQ3v5YEXrbSc5BpshH+w==",
+      "version": "0.5.34",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment-timezone/-/moment-timezone-0.5.34.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3zAEHh2hKUs3EXLESx/wsgw6IQdusOT8Bxm3D9UrHPQR7zlMmzwybC8zHEM1tQ4LJwP7fcxrWr8tuBg05fFCbg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "moment": ">= 2.9.0"
@@ -15615,6 +15667,12 @@
       "dev": true,
       "optional": true
     },
+    "pg-connection-string": {
+      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-r5o/V/ORTA6TmUnyWZR9nCj1klXCO2CEKNRlVuJptZe85QuhFayC7WeMic7ndayT5IRIR0S0xFxFi2ousartlQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "picocolors": {
       "version": "0.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picocolors/-/picocolors-0.2.1.tgz",
@@ -16231,13 +16289,10 @@
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-      "version": "3.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry-as-promised/-/retry-as-promised-3.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-CybGs60B7oYU/qSQ6kuaFmRd9sTZ6oXSc0toqePvV74Ac6/IFZSI1ReFQmtCN+uvW1Mtqdwpvt/LGOiCBAY2Mg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "any-promise": "^1.3.0"
-      }
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry-as-promised/-/retry-as-promised-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6S+5LvtTl2ggBumk04hBo/4Uf6fRJUwIgunGZ7CYEBCeufGFW1Pu6ucUf/UskHeWOIsUcLOGLFXPig5tR5V1nA==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "reusify": {
       "version": "1.0.4",
@@ -16357,26 +16412,37 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "sequelize": {
-      "version": "6.8.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sequelize/-/sequelize-6.8.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-tekqSMoEuhlXfc9f/WduQr+9CS87bPWw/GKEvd+zMlOlMVFOzNx9PecQV+McjA7OUNUa1YGyPEt+Fe8baXST5A==",
+      "version": "6.16.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sequelize/-/sequelize-6.16.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YFGqrwkmEhSbpZBxay5+PRKMiZNNUJzgIixCyFkLm9+/5Rqq5jBADEjTAC8RYHzwsOGNboYh18imXrYNCjBZCQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "debug": "^4.1.1",
-        "dottie": "^2.0.0",
-        "inflection": "1.13.1",
-        "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-        "moment": "^2.26.0",
-        "moment-timezone": "^0.5.31",
-        "retry-as-promised": "^3.2.0",
-        "semver": "^7.3.2",
-        "sequelize-pool": "^6.0.0",
+        "@types/debug": "^4.1.7",
+        "debug": "^4.3.3",
+        "dottie": "^2.0.2",
+        "inflection": "^1.13.1",
+        "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+        "moment": "^2.29.1",
+        "moment-timezone": "^0.5.34",
+        "pg-connection-string": "^2.5.0",
+        "retry-as-promised": "^5.0.0",
+        "semver": "^7.3.5",
+        "sequelize-pool": "^7.1.0",
         "toposort-class": "^1.0.1",
-        "uuid": "^8.1.0",
-        "validator": "^13.6.0",
+        "uuid": "^8.3.2",
+        "validator": "^13.7.0",
         "wkx": "^0.5.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {
+        "debug": {
+          "version": "4.3.3",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.3.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-/zxw5+vh1Tfv+4Qn7a5nsbcJKPaSvCDhojn6FEl9vupwK2VCSDtEiEtqr8DFtzYFOdz63LBkxec7DYuc2jon6Q==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "ms": "2.1.2"
+          }
+        },
         "uuid": {
           "version": "8.3.2",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
@@ -16386,9 +16452,9 @@
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     },
     "sequelize-pool": {
-      "version": "6.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sequelize-pool/-/sequelize-pool-6.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4YwEw3ZgK/tY/so+GfnSgXkdwIJJ1I32uZJztIEgZeAO6HMgj64OzySbWLgxj+tXhZCJnzRfkY9gINw8Ft8ZMg==",
+      "version": "7.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sequelize-pool/-/sequelize-pool-7.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-G9c0qlIWQSK29pR/5U2JF5dDQeqqHRragoyahj/Nx4KOOQ3CPPfzxnfqFPCSB7x5UgjOgnZ61nSxz+fjDpRlJg==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "serialize-javascript": {
@@ -17162,9 +17228,9 @@
       }
     },
     "validator": {
-      "version": "13.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-13.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-gVgKbdbHgtxpRyR8K0O6oFZPhhB5tT1jeEHZR0Znr9Svg03U0+r9DXWMrnRAB+HtCStDQKlaIZm42tVsVjqtjg==",
+      "version": "13.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-13.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nYXQLCBkpJ8X6ltALua9dRrZDHVYxjJ1wgskNt1lH9fzGjs3tgojGSCBjmEPwkWS1y29+DrizMTW19Pr9uB2nw==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "verror": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b197b412..a1a97ae8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     "prettyjson": "1.2.1",
     "reflect-metadata": "0.1.13",
     "release-it": "14.11.6",
-    "sequelize": "6.8.0",
+    "sequelize": "6.16.1",
     "sinon": "11.1.2",
     "sinon-chai": "3.7.0",
     "source-map-support": "0.5.20",
diff --git a/src/hooks/shared/hook-meta.ts b/src/hooks/shared/hook-meta.ts
index 937bd6e0..ceb39641 100644
--- a/src/hooks/shared/hook-meta.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/shared/hook-meta.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { HookOptions } from './hook-options';
-import { SequelizeHooks } from 'sequelize/types/lib/hooks';
+import { SequelizeHooks } from 'sequelize/types/hooks';
 
 export interface HookMeta {
   hookType: keyof SequelizeHooks;
diff --git a/src/hooks/shared/hooks-service.ts b/src/hooks/shared/hooks-service.ts
index 7753ee2a..8e817515 100644
--- a/src/hooks/shared/hooks-service.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/shared/hooks-service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 import { HookMeta } from './hook-meta';
 import { HookOptions } from './hook-options';
-import { SequelizeHooks } from 'sequelize/types/lib/hooks';
+import { SequelizeHooks } from 'sequelize/types/hooks';
 import { ModelCtor } from '../../model/model/model';
 
 const HOOKS_KEY = 'sequelize:hooks';
diff --git a/test/specs/instance.spec.ts b/test/specs/instance.spec.ts
index 8b667fc9..4cbf05f9 100644
--- a/test/specs/instance.spec.ts
+++ b/test/specs/instance.spec.ts
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ describe('instance', () => {
             leTeam.players[0].destroy(); // Since destroy return void now
             return leTeam;
           })
-          .then((leTeam) => leTeam.reload() as any)
+          .then((leTeam) => leTeam.reload())
           .then((leTeam: Team) => {
             expect(leTeam.players).to.have.length(1);
           })
diff --git a/test/specs/models/sequelize.spec.ts b/test/specs/models/sequelize.spec.ts
index dfa8d2fa..f673a737 100644
--- a/test/specs/models/sequelize.spec.ts
+++ b/test/specs/models/sequelize.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import ShoeDir from '../../models/globs/match-dir-only/ShoeDir';
 import { Table } from '../../../src/model/table/table';
 import { Match } from '../../models/exports/custom-match/match.model';
 import { Model, Sequelize } from '../../../src';
-import { Op } from 'sequelize';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { AddressDir } from '../../models/globs/match-files/AddressDir';
 import { UserDir } from '../../models/globs/match-files/UserDir';
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ describe('sequelize', () => {
   describe('constructor: using "name" property as a db name', () => {
     const db = '__';
     const sequelizeDbName = new Sequelize({
-      operatorsAliases: Op,
       database: db,
       dialect: 'sqlite',
       username: 'root',
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ describe('sequelize', () => {
 
   describe('constructor using uri in options object', () => {
     const sequelizeUri = new Sequelize(connectionUri, {
-      operatorsAliases: Op,
       storage: ':memory:',
       logging: !('DISABLE_LOGGING' in process.env),
       pool: { max: 8, min: 0 },
@@ -254,7 +251,6 @@ describe('sequelize', () => {
     it('should load classes from subfolders matching glob criteria', () => {
       const db = '__';
       const sequelizeGlob = new Sequelize({
-        operatorsAliases: Op,
         database: db,
         dialect: 'sqlite',
         username: 'root',
@@ -272,7 +268,6 @@ describe('sequelize', () => {
     it('should load classes from folders', () => {
       const db = '__';
       const sequelizeFolder = new Sequelize({
-        operatorsAliases: Op,
         database: db,
         dialect: 'sqlite',
         username: 'root',
@@ -290,7 +285,6 @@ describe('sequelize', () => {
     it('should load exact files', () => {
       const db = '__';
       const sequelizeFolder = new Sequelize({
-        operatorsAliases: Op,
         database: db,
         dialect: 'sqlite',
         username: 'root',
@@ -309,7 +303,6 @@ describe('sequelize', () => {
     it('should load classes from folders and from glob', () => {
       const db = '__';
       const sequelizeGlobFolder = new Sequelize({
-        operatorsAliases: Op,
         database: db,
         dialect: 'sqlite',
         username: 'root',
diff --git a/test/specs/repository-mode.spec.ts b/test/specs/repository-mode.spec.ts
index 2b60bd59..5c546a67 100644
--- a/test/specs/repository-mode.spec.ts
+++ b/test/specs/repository-mode.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { Op } from 'sequelize';
 
 import { BelongsToMany } from '../../src/associations/belongs-to-many/belongs-to-many';
 import { Table } from '../../src/model/table/table';
@@ -33,13 +32,11 @@ describe('repository-mode', () => {
 
     before(async () => {
       sequelizeA = new Sequelize({
-        operatorsAliases: Op,
         ...defaultOptions,
         database: 'a',
         models: [User],
       });
       sequelizeB = new Sequelize({
-        operatorsAliases: Op,
         ...defaultOptions,
         database: 'b',
         models: [User],
@@ -103,7 +100,6 @@ describe('repository-mode', () => {
 
       before(async () => {
         sequelize = new Sequelize({
-          operatorsAliases: Op,
           ...defaultOptions,
           database: 'a',
           models: [User, Address],
@@ -160,7 +156,6 @@ describe('repository-mode', () => {
 
       before(async () => {
         sequelizeA = new Sequelize({
-          operatorsAliases: Op,
           ...defaultOptions,
           database: 'a',
           repositoryMode: true,
@@ -168,7 +163,6 @@ describe('repository-mode', () => {
           models: [User, Comment],
         });
         sequelizeB = new Sequelize({
-          operatorsAliases: Op,
           ...defaultOptions,
           database: 'b',
           repositoryMode: true,
@@ -241,7 +235,6 @@ describe('repository-mode', () => {
 
       before(async () => {
         sequelizeA = new Sequelize({
-          operatorsAliases: Op,
           ...defaultOptions,
           database: 'a',
           repositoryMode: true,
@@ -249,7 +242,6 @@ describe('repository-mode', () => {
           models: [User, Event, UserEvent],
         });
         sequelizeB = new Sequelize({
-          operatorsAliases: Op,
           ...defaultOptions,
           database: 'b',
           repositoryMode: true,
diff --git a/test/specs/unique.spec.ts b/test/specs/unique.spec.ts
index d4d9dfc7..da148b5a 100644
--- a/test/specs/unique.spec.ts
+++ b/test/specs/unique.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { getAttributes, Model, Sequelize } from '../../src';
-import { Op } from 'sequelize';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import { Table } from '../../src/model/table/table';
 import { Column } from '../../src/model/column/column';
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ describe('unique decorator', () => {
     User = UserModel;
 
     new Sequelize({
-      operatorsAliases: Op,
       dialect: 'sqlite',
       storage: ':memory:',
       logging: !('DISABLE_LOGGING' in process.env),
diff --git a/test/utils/sequelize.ts b/test/utils/sequelize.ts
index 4a6abc58..54bca0d7 100644
--- a/test/utils/sequelize.ts
+++ b/test/utils/sequelize.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export function createSequelize(
   }
 
   return new Sequelize({
-    operatorsAliases: Op,
     database: '__',
     dialect: 'sqlite' as const,
     username: 'root',
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ export function createSequelize(
 
 export function createSequelizeValidationOnly(useModelsInPath = true): Sequelize {
   return new Sequelize({
-    operatorsAliases: Op,
     validateOnly: true,
     logging: !('DISABLE_LOGGING' in process.env),
     models: useModelsInPath ? [__dirname + '/../models'] : [],
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ export function createSequelizeFromUri(useModelsInPath = true): Sequelize {
 
 export function createSequelizeFromUriObject(useModelsInPath = true): Sequelize {
   return new Sequelize('sqlite://', {
-    operatorsAliases: Op,
     modelPaths: useModelsInPath ? [__dirname + '/../models'] : [],
   });
 }