diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3b29029f..1098e0f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ optional-dependencies.dev = [
     # ``sphinxcontrib-towncrier`` renders unreleased news fragments
     # into docs/source/unreleased.rst during Sphinx builds.
     "sphinxcontrib-towncrier==0.5.0a0",
-    "strict-kwargs==2026.7.24",
+    "strict-kwargs==2026.8.16",
     "sybil==10.1.0",
     "towncrier==25.8.0",
     "ty==0.0.72",