diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 53e3fe9eff69..3892ab02497d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "packaging>=20.0",
     "pandas>=1.5.0",
     "pyarrow>=11.0.0", # will become a requirement of pandas. Installing explicitly silences a warning
-    "pyvisa>=1.11.0, <1.16.0",
+    "pyvisa>=1.11.0, <1.17.0",
     "ruamel.yaml>=0.16.0,!=0.16.6",
     "tabulate>=0.9.0",
     "typing_extensions>=4.6.0",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f8cd6d0c444d..b9b0af62c4a4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     #   pandas
 pytz==2025.2
     # via pandas
-pyvisa==1.15.0
+pyvisa==1.16.0
     # via
     #   qcodes (pyproject.toml)
     #   pyvisa-sim
diff --git a/tests/test_visa.py b/tests/test_visa.py
index 5f2681582405..b74d607ab6ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_visa.py
+++ b/tests/test_visa.py
@@ -148,9 +148,12 @@ def use_magnet() -> pyvisa.ResourceManager:
     # and the instrument should no longer be in the instrument registry
     assert len(Instrument._all_instruments) == 0
     assert len(rm.list_opened_resources()) == 0
-    assert (
-        caplog.records[-1].message == "Closing VISA handle to x as there are no non "
-        "weak references to the instrument."
+    # the order of the log messages depends on the pyvisa version but regardless
+    # of which version we should see the message about closing the handle
+    assert any(
+        record.message
+        == "Closing VISA handle to x as there are no non weak references to the instrument."
+        for record in caplog.records
     )