diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 017f5475..4ecfa373 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ fontMath==0.9.3
 defcon[lxml]==0.10.2; platform_python_implementation == 'CPython'
 defcon==0.10.2; platform_python_implementation != 'CPython'
 booleanOperations==0.9.0
-ufoLib2==0.14.0
+ufoLib2==0.16.0
 attrs==23.1.0
 cffsubr==0.2.9.post1
 compreffor==0.5.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e2d4669..4b6d8578 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         "glyphsLib>=6.2.5",
         "ufo2ft[compreffor]>=2.32.0",
         "fontMath>=0.9.3",
-        "ufoLib2>=0.14.0",
+        "ufoLib2>=0.16.0",
         "attrs>=19",
     ],
     extras_require=extras_require,