diff --git a/package/test_requirements.txt b/package/test_requirements.txt
index 95de341b0b..2099a1b59f 100644
--- a/package/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/package/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
 kedro >=0.17.0
-kedro-datasets[pandas.ParquetDataSet, pandas.CSVDataSet, pandas.ExcelDataSet, plotly.JSONDataSet]~=1.0
+kedro-datasets[pandas.ParquetDataSet, pandas.CSVDataSet, pandas.ExcelDataSet, plotly.JSONDataSet]~=1.6
 kedro-telemetry>=0.1.1  # for testing telemetry integration
 bandit~=1.7
 behave~=1.2