diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a05d2c..f9f9688 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## CHANGELOG
 
+### 1.10.0 (unreleased)
+
+- Update Unicode data to 16.0 (except for grapheme detection, which depends on Ruby's version)
+- Update Emoji data to 16.0
+
 ### 1.9.0
 
 - Update Unicode data to 15.1 (except for grapheme detection, which depends on Ruby's version)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99fe02f..a1beb8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # uniscribe | Describe the Unicode [![[version]](https://badge.fury.io/rb/uniscribe.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/uniscribe)  [![[ci]](https://github.com/janlelis/uniscribe/workflows/Test/badge.svg)](https://github.com/janlelis/uniscribe/actions?query=workflow%3ATest)
 
-Describes Unicode characters with their name and shows compositions. **UNICODE 15.1**\*
+Describes Unicode characters with their name and shows compositions. **UNICODE 16.0**\*
 
 - Helps you understand how glyphs and codepoints are structured within the data
 - Gives you the names of glyphs and codepoints, which can be used for further research
diff --git a/lib/uniscribe/version.rb b/lib/uniscribe/version.rb
index 8826a81..535ccea 100644
--- a/lib/uniscribe/version.rb
+++ b/lib/uniscribe/version.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Uniscribe
-  VERSION = "1.9.0"
+  VERSION = "1.10.0"
 
-  UNICODE_VERSION = "15.1.0"
-  EMOJI_VERSION = "15.1"
+  UNICODE_VERSION = "16.0.0"
+  EMOJI_VERSION = "16.0"
 end
diff --git a/uniscribe.gemspec b/uniscribe.gemspec
index 5e91d0e..051c040 100644
--- a/uniscribe.gemspec
+++ b/uniscribe.gemspec
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.metadata      = { "rubygems_mfa_required" => "true" }
 
   gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.1"
-  gem.add_dependency "unicode-name", "~> 1.12"
-  gem.add_dependency "unicode-sequence_name", "~> 1.13"
-  gem.add_dependency "unicode-display_width", "~> 2.5"
-  gem.add_dependency "unicode-emoji", "~> 3.4"
-  gem.add_dependency "unicode-version", "~> 1.3"
+  gem.add_dependency "unicode-name", "~> 1.13"
+  gem.add_dependency "unicode-sequence_name", "~> 1.14"
+  gem.add_dependency "unicode-display_width", "~> 2.6"
+  gem.add_dependency "unicode-emoji", "~> 3.5"
+  gem.add_dependency "unicode-version", "~> 1.4"
   gem.add_dependency "symbolify", "~> 1.4"
-  gem.add_dependency "characteristics", "~> 1.6"
+  gem.add_dependency "characteristics", "~> 1.7"
   gem.add_dependency "paint", ">= 0.9", "< 3.0"
   gem.add_dependency "rationalist", "~> 2.0", ">= 2.0.1"
 end