diff --git a/benchmark/requirements.txt b/benchmark/requirements.txt
index 1241908f99..a10b94f066 100644
--- a/benchmark/requirements.txt
+++ b/benchmark/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ aiohttp==3.8.1
 blacksheep==1.2.1
 starlette==0.17.1
 tornado==6.1
-uvicorn==0.15.0
+uvicorn==0.16.0