diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index cdab560f..b8e6455d 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 kotlin-serialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 
 [versions]
-modelixCore = "16.6.0"
+modelixCore = "16.6.1-use-async-api3"
 modelixBuildtools="2.0.1"
 kotlin = "2.2.21"