diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index d854caa..e27c2c7 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ libraryDependencies += { "org.scala-sbt" %% "scripted-plugin" % sbtVersion.value
 
 // add the below dependencies in the template build, so that Scala Steward can update versions in the giter8 template
 addSbtPlugin("com.vmunier"               % "sbt-web-scalajs"           % "1.3.0")
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.15.0")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.16.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.playframework"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "3.0.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala"        % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject"  % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-gzip"                  % "1.0.2")
diff --git a/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt b/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
index 2ac33ce..a70d916 100644
--- a/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ThisBuild / libraryDependencySchemes += "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml"
 logLevel := Level.Warn
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.vmunier"               % "sbt-web-scalajs"           % "1.3.0")
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.15.0")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.16.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.playframework"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "3.0.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala"        % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject"  % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-gzip"                  % "1.0.2")