diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 065ba785f6..ab72dc3ab0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ This document is intended for Spotless developers.
 We adhere to the [keepachangelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format (starting after version `1.27.0`).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changes
+* Bump default `cleanthat` version to latest `2.13` -> `2.16`. ([#1725](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/1725))
 ### Fixed
 * Update documented default `semanticSort` to `false`. ([#1728](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/1728))
 
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index 6a611252a6..a9d5181569 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 	// GLUE CODE (alphabetic order please)
 	// cleanthat
-	String VER_CLEANTHAT='2.13'
+	String VER_CLEANTHAT='2.16'
 	cleanthatCompileOnly "io.github.solven-eu.cleanthat:java:$VER_CLEANTHAT"
 	compatCleanthat2Dot1CompileAndTestOnly "io.github.solven-eu.cleanthat:java:$VER_CLEANTHAT"
 	// diktat
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/java/CleanthatJavaStep.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/java/CleanthatJavaStep.java
index 92b7daa5f6..91439a1767 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/java/CleanthatJavaStep.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/java/CleanthatJavaStep.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public final class CleanthatJavaStep {
 	private static final String MAVEN_COORDINATE = "io.github.solven-eu.cleanthat:java";
 
 	// CleanThat changelog is available at https://github.com/solven-eu/cleanthat/blob/master/CHANGES.MD
-	private static final Jvm.Support<String> JVM_SUPPORT = Jvm.<String> support(NAME).add(11, "2.13");
+	private static final Jvm.Support<String> JVM_SUPPORT = Jvm.<String> support(NAME).add(11, "2.16");
 
 	// prevent direct instantiation
 	private CleanthatJavaStep() {}
diff --git a/testlib/src/main/resources/java/removeunusedimports/SealedClassTestsFormatted.test b/testlib/src/main/resources/java/removeunusedimports/SealedClassTestsFormatted.test
index 2ef96e6c72..f0a0459883 100644
--- a/testlib/src/main/resources/java/removeunusedimports/SealedClassTestsFormatted.test
+++ b/testlib/src/main/resources/java/removeunusedimports/SealedClassTestsFormatted.test
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
 class SealedClassTests extends AbstractJupiterTestEngineTests {
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/testlib/src/test/java/com/diffplug/spotless/java/RemoveUnusedImportsStep_withCleanthatJavaparserTest.java b/testlib/src/test/java/com/diffplug/spotless/java/RemoveUnusedImportsStep_withCleanthatJavaparserTest.java
index 11e31aeae2..69b472554f 100644
--- a/testlib/src/test/java/com/diffplug/spotless/java/RemoveUnusedImportsStep_withCleanthatJavaparserTest.java
+++ b/testlib/src/test/java/com/diffplug/spotless/java/RemoveUnusedImportsStep_withCleanthatJavaparserTest.java
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ void behavior() throws Exception {
 				.testResource("java/removeunusedimports/JavaCodeWithPackageUnformatted.test", "java/removeunusedimports/JavaCodeWithPackageFormatted.test")
 				.testResource("java/removeunusedimports/Jdk17TextBlockUnformatted.test", "java/removeunusedimports/Jdk17TextBlockFormatted.test")
 				.testResource("java/removeunusedimports/RevelcUnformatted.test", "java/removeunusedimports/RevelcFormatted.test")
-				// Sealed classes are introduced with JDK15: This syntax is not supported by javaParser: such files are not trimmed from unused imports (for now)
-				.testResource("java/removeunusedimports/SealedClassTestsUnformatted.test", "java/removeunusedimports/SealedClassTestsUnformatted.test");
+				.testResource("java/removeunusedimports/SealedClassTestsUnformatted.test", "java/removeunusedimports/SealedClassTestsFormatted.test");
 	}
 
 	@Test