diff --git a/requirements-pinned.txt b/requirements-pinned.txt
index 559553a3b5..f5844642dc 100644
--- a/requirements-pinned.txt
+++ b/requirements-pinned.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pycparser==2.20           # via cffi
 pynacl==1.4.0             # via securesystemslib
 python-dateutil==2.8.1    # via securesystemslib
 requests==2.24.0
-securesystemslib[colors,crypto,pynacl]==0.15.0
+securesystemslib[colors,crypto,pynacl]==0.16.0
 six==1.15.0
 subprocess32==3.5.4       ; python_version < '3' # via securesystemslib
 urllib3==1.25.10           # via requests