diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b3b60507..5dd72b40 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ddt>=1.2.0,!=1.4.0,!=1.4.3
 reno>=3.4.0
 Sphinx>=5.0
 nbsphinx
-qiskit-sphinx-theme~=1.14.0rc1
+qiskit-sphinx-theme~=1.16.0
 sphinx-design>=0.2.0
 sphinxcontrib-spelling
 jupyter-sphinx