diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b0542b0..cc39d6c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.23.4
 require (
 	github.com/cosmos/btcutil v1.0.5
 	github.com/spacemeshos/go-scale v1.2.1
-	github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh v1.7.9
+	github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh v1.7.16
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 958cf19..520969f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjR
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
 github.com/spacemeshos/go-scale v1.2.1 h1:+IJ6KmFl9tF1Om8B1NvEwilGpBG1ebr4Se8A0Fe4puE=
 github.com/spacemeshos/go-scale v1.2.1/go.mod h1:fpO6tCoKdUmvF6o9zkUtq2erSOH5t4ik02Zwdm31qOs=
-github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh v1.7.9 h1:3vbxha4drpnGj6vRGG13EYv0L70zzZz/rEWoH+HlCRo=
-github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh v1.7.9/go.mod h1:u0xsNznky7+NJ2ZQhVeyJR7jFuaqt75iQeuAT/vv5F8=
+github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh v1.7.16 h1:UmRPAWvTGZ2e+4PB5lz7KSt26zMPx4Z2wvPNYdTSMGE=
+github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh v1.7.16/go.mod h1:z7GeYHagq2C15KiS+ULHyW9bz8ExiBJXXryM4/Ue7wQ=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=