diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5f7c524d..c8a5ec6f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5552,9 +5552,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "whatlang"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ace22f62983d7c2ca0512ef319de0b52f837a1e8e79d81107825a9e8699c5bd8"
+checksum = "2989d7e9d3cb96a76438e879144030b1be0931b944fbfed65e89e2ae536cd3b9"
 dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.12.1",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/plume-models/Cargo.toml b/plume-models/Cargo.toml
index 9d968530..2eaf5e4b 100644
--- a/plume-models/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plume-models/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ tantivy = "0.13.3"
 url = "2.1"
 walkdir = "2.2"
 webfinger = "0.4.1"
-whatlang = "0.15.0"
+whatlang = "0.16.0"
 shrinkwraprs = "0.3.0"
 diesel-derive-newtype = "0.1.2"
 glob = "0.3.0"