diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b14d5f5f5a..25638c0e7b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ platformio==6.1.19
 esptool==5.2.0
 click==8.3.2
 esphome-dashboard==20260408.1
-aioesphomeapi==44.16.0
+aioesphomeapi==44.16.1
 zeroconf==0.148.0
 puremagic==1.30
 ruamel.yaml==0.19.1 # dashboard_import