diff --git a/.github/workflows/depexts.yml b/.github/workflows/depexts.yml
index c28c2b1a684..cba05576148 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/depexts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/depexts.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 env:
-  OPAMVERSION: 2.1.0
+  OPAMVERSION: 2.1.6
   OPAM_REPO: https://github.com/ocaml/opam-repository.git
   OPAM_REPO_SHA: dff745994c64d083a6ba3ddc5a9c28ed0ad0f40a