diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index ec28ce2be..246397ee8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ django-compressor==4.5.1  # https://github.com/django-compressor/django-compress
 django-redis==5.4.0  # https://github.com/jazzband/django-redis
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_drf == 'y' %}
 # Django REST Framework
-djangorestframework==3.15.2  # https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
+djangorestframework==3.16.0  # https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
 django-cors-headers==4.7.0  # https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers
 # DRF-spectacular for api documentation
 drf-spectacular==0.28.0  # https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular