diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
index dd2ad78ebed04..227d7d1b68977 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ opensearchplugin {
 
 dependencies {
   api 'com.azure:azure-core:1.27.0'
-  api 'com.azure:azure-storage-common:12.15.0'
+  api 'com.azure:azure-storage-common:12.16.0'
   api 'com.azure:azure-core-http-netty:1.12.0'
   api "io.netty:netty-codec-dns:${versions.netty}"
   api "io.netty:netty-codec-socks:${versions.netty}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.15.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.15.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f3adfc161c7f..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.15.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4d63ce8bbd20379c5e5262b1204ceac7b31a7743
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.16.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.16.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ebf328aa69ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.16.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9f652b89a30269bdff6644468632726d4ba4fbd1
\ No newline at end of file