diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperationBuild.java
index 6c13a33..c221910 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperationBuild.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public PitestOperationBuild() {
 
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES, RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS);
 
-        var pitest = version(1, 16, 1);
+        var pitest = version(1, 16, 2);
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2, 0, 1)));
         scope(test)