diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index fc0adfdf..083e88d4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ flower==1.0.0  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
-uvicorn[standard]==0.15.0  # https://github.com/encode/uvicorn
+uvicorn[standard]==0.16.0  # https://github.com/encode/uvicorn
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Django