diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c815e53..e418eb6 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## requirements-dev.txt: dependencies for local development.
 ## Databricks dependencies — pinned to DBR 17.3 LTS compatible versions
-databricks-connect==17.3.*
+databricks-connect==16.1.*
 databricks-dlt==0.3.0
 delta-spark==4.0.0
 pyspark==4.0.0