diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index ee9685ea..9c1908bf 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-xdist==3.8.0",
     "pytest==9.0.1",
     "ruff==0.15.0",
-    "vulture==2.15",
+    "vulture==2.16",
 ]
 
 [tool.mypy]
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index 548efd2b..95375ffb 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = "==7.1.0" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = "==3.8.0" },
     { name = "ruff", specifier = "==0.15.0" },
-    { name = "vulture", specifier = "==2.15" },
+    { name = "vulture", specifier = "==2.16" },
 ]
 
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@@ -1698,11 +1698,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "2.15"
+version = "2.16"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f5/be/f935130312330614811dae2ea9df3f395f6d63889eb6c2e68c14507152ee/vulture-2.16-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6e0f1c312cef1c87856957e5c2ca9608834a7c794c2180477f30bf0e4cc58eee", size = 26993, upload-time = "2026-03-25T14:41:26.21Z" },
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 [[package]]