diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index a0199317..fa139ddd 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@asteasolutions/zod-to-openapi": "^8.5.0",
     "@sentry/node": "^10.55.0",
-    "@stellar/stellar-sdk": "14.6.1",
+    "@stellar/stellar-sdk": "16.1.0",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.10",
     "cors": "2.8.5",
     "dotenv": "16.4.7",