diff --git a/ghga_service_chassis_lib/__init__.py b/ghga_service_chassis_lib/__init__.py
index 42b7e0e..d5b3ff4 100644
--- a/ghga_service_chassis_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/ghga_service_chassis_lib/__init__.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 
 """A library that contains the basic chassis functionality used in services of GHGA"""
 
-__version__ = "0.16.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.1"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index be5d759..d33d7ea 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ console_scripts =
 api =
     fastapi==0.73.0
     uvicorn[standard]==0.17.4
-    httpyexpect==0.2.2
+    httpyexpect==0.2.4
     requests==2.28.1
 kafka =
     kafka-python==2.0.2
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ dev =
     mkdocs-material-extensions==1.0.3
     mkdocstrings==0.18.1
     mkdocstrings-python-legacy==0.2.2
-    testcontainers[kafka,rabbitmq,mongo,postgresql]==3.4.2
+    testcontainers[kafka,mongo,postgresql]==3.4.2
     typer==0.4.1
     sqlalchemy-utils==0.38.2
     sqlalchemy-stubs==0.4