diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-129_arch-aarch64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-129_arch-aarch64.yaml
index 279b130e55..419ee2064e 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-129_arch-aarch64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-129_arch-aarch64.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
 - doxygen=1.9.1
 - gcc_linux-aarch64=14.*
 - libcufile-dev
-- libcurl>=8.5.0,<9.0a0
+- libcurl>=8.16.0,<9.0a0
 - libnuma
 - moto>=4.0.8
 - ninja
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-129_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-129_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 5460d73ab7..29a1b0ad8b 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-129_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-129_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
 - doxygen=1.9.1
 - gcc_linux-64=14.*
 - libcufile-dev
-- libcurl>=8.5.0,<9.0a0
+- libcurl>=8.16.0,<9.0a0
 - libnuma
 - moto>=4.0.8
 - ninja
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-aarch64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-aarch64.yaml
index 1b752cbe8e..442163e14b 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-aarch64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-aarch64.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
 - doxygen=1.9.1
 - gcc_linux-aarch64=14.*
 - libcufile-dev
-- libcurl>=8.5.0,<9.0a0
+- libcurl>=8.16.0,<9.0a0
 - libnuma
 - moto>=4.0.8
 - ninja
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 812bfdad5e..429b3f1c07 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
 - doxygen=1.9.1
 - gcc_linux-64=14.*
 - libcufile-dev
-- libcurl>=8.5.0,<9.0a0
+- libcurl>=8.16.0,<9.0a0
 - libnuma
 - moto>=4.0.8
 - ninja
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_libcurl.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_libcurl.cmake
index e25c5fff0a..c4ad8350b8 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_libcurl.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_libcurl.cmake
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ function(find_and_configure_libcurl)
   endif()
 
   rapids_cpm_find(
-    CURL 8.5.0
+    CURL 8.16.0
     GLOBAL_TARGETS libcurl
     CPM_ARGS
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/curl/curl
-    GIT_TAG curl-8_5_0
+    GIT_TAG curl-8_16_0
     OPTIONS "BUILD_CURL_EXE OFF" "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF" "BUILD_TESTING OFF" "CURL_USE_LIBPSL OFF"
             "CURL_DISABLE_LDAP ON" "CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON"
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL YES # Don't install libcurl.a (only needed when building libkvikio.so)
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index ce1b6f1b8d..996efad2b4 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ dependencies:
           - c-compiler
           - cuda-nvcc
           - cxx-compiler
-          - libcurl>=8.5.0,<9.0a0
+          - libcurl>=8.16.0,<9.0a0
     specific:
       - output_types: conda
         matrices: