diff --git a/core/pyproject.toml b/core/pyproject.toml
index a0b3a70de0..e4cc5cfbc4 100644
--- a/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-asyncio == 0.23.7",
     "pytest-freezer == 0.4.8",
     "setuptools-scm == 8.1.0",
-    "tox == 4.15.1",
+    "tox == 4.16.0",
     # typing-extensions needed for TypeAlias added in Py 3.10
     "typing-extensions == 4.9.0 ; python_version < '3.10'",
 ]