diff --git a/.changes/next-release/enhancement-AWSCRT-50323.json b/.changes/next-release/enhancement-AWSCRT-50323.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1077f35f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/enhancement-AWSCRT-50323.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "type": "enhancement",
+  "category": "AWSCRT",
+  "description": "Upgrade awscrt version to 0.16.26"
+}
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f691d4477e..f29b12a824 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ requires_dist =
     urllib3>=1.25.4,<1.27
 
 [options.extras_require]
-crt = awscrt==0.16.9
+crt = awscrt==0.16.26
 
 [flake8]
 ignore = E203,E226,E501,E731,W503,W504