diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ea0c6bad..3d4b8af0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # suppress inspection "UnusedProperty" for whole file
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms32M -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication
 
-loader_version=0.16.0
+loader_version=0.16.2
 viaver_version=5.0.4-SNAPSHOT
 
 publish_mc_versions=1.21, 1.20.6, 1.20.4, 1.20.1, 1.19.4, 1.18.2, 1.17.1, 1.16.5, 1.15.2, 1.14.4
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json b/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
index 8f6a73d0..6572b198 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "discord": "https://discord.gg/viaversion"
   },
   "depends": {
-    "fabricloader": ">=0.15.11",
+    "fabricloader": ">=0.16.2",
     "minecraft": ["1.14.4", "1.15.2", "1.16.4", "1.16.5", "1.17.1", "1.18.2", "1.19.4", "1.20", "1.20.1", "1.20.3", "1.20.4", "1.20.5", "1.20.6", "1.21", "1.21.1"],
     "viaversion": ">=5.0.0"
   },