diff --git a/linguist.gemspec b/linguist.gemspec
index 2b81ef59..a661ee49 100644
--- a/linguist.gemspec
+++ b/linguist.gemspec
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency 'albino',       '1.3.2'
   s.add_dependency 'escape_utils', '0.2.3'
-  s.add_dependency 'mime-types',   '1.15'
+  s.add_dependency 'mime-types',   '1.16'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake'
 end