diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index bbbc2534d0b..37124406642 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ unreleased
 
   * Allow conditional revalidation for QUERY requests
     - `req.fresh` now includes QUERY in the freshness check, so QUERY responses can return 304 when a validator matches
+  * deps: qs@~6.16.0
 
 4.22.2 / 2026-05-11
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6115c11bd26..5fa8cfbcb94 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
     "path-to-regexp": "~0.1.13",
     "proxy-addr": "~2.0.7",
-    "qs": "~6.15.1",
+    "qs": "~6.16.0",
     "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
     "safe-buffer": "5.2.1",
     "send": "~0.19.0",