diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e73e98f..39173f4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ buildscript {
 
         versions = [
                 "opensearch": opensearch_version,
-                "prometheus": "0.15.0"
+                "prometheus": "0.16.0"
         ]
     }
 
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ dependencies {
 // See https://docs.gradle.org/6.8.1/userguide/java_plugin.html#sec:java_plugin_and_dependency_management
 //    compile "io.prometheus:simpleclient:${versions.prometheus}"
 //    compile "io.prometheus:simpleclient_common:${versions.prometheus}"
-    implementation group: 'io.prometheus', name: 'simpleclient', version: '0.15.0'
-    implementation group: 'io.prometheus', name: 'simpleclient_common', version: '0.15.0'
+    implementation group: 'io.prometheus', name: 'simpleclient', version: '0.16.0'
+    implementation group: 'io.prometheus', name: 'simpleclient_common', version: '0.16.0'
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/licenses/simpleclient-0.15.0.jar.sha1 b/licenses/simpleclient-0.15.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 80582d1..0000000
--- a/licenses/simpleclient-0.15.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-144aaf1ac9361a497d98079e0db8757a95e22fc4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/licenses/simpleclient-0.16.0.jar.sha1 b/licenses/simpleclient-0.16.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36a11e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses/simpleclient-0.16.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+28b0eaf7c500c506976da8d0fc9cad6c278e8d87
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/licenses/simpleclient_common-0.15.0.jar.sha1 b/licenses/simpleclient_common-0.15.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f10a8d9..0000000
--- a/licenses/simpleclient_common-0.15.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-57bd1d8be9f4d965a38c6b1b35ee60358cc679fc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/licenses/simpleclient_common-0.16.0.jar.sha1 b/licenses/simpleclient_common-0.16.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6359603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses/simpleclient_common-0.16.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a09a8c790a20309b942a9fdbfe77da22407096e6
\ No newline at end of file