diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e788eab3c..82d5398a8 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
   - openff-toolkit-base >=0.16.2
   - openff-units >=0.4.0  # adds pydantic 2.13 support
   - openmm ~=8.4.0  # omit 8.3.0 and 8.3.1 due to https://github.com/openmm/openmm/pull/5069
-  - openmmforcefields >=0.15.1  # min needed for https://github.com/openmm/openmmforcefields/pull/414
+  - openmmforcefields >=0.16.0  # min needed for https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/gufe/pull/831
   - openmmtools >=0.26  # fix to support membrane barostat: https://github.com/choderalab/openmmtools/pull/798
   - packaging
   - pandas