diff --git a/cmake/ports/openvr/CONTROL b/cmake/ports/openvr/CONTROL
index b0f337d0a9..b9e748537b 100644
--- a/cmake/ports/openvr/CONTROL
+++ b/cmake/ports/openvr/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: openvr
-Version: 1.0.16
+Version: 1.16.8
 Description: an API and runtime that allows access to VR hardware from multiple vendors without requiring that applications have specific knowledge of the hardware they are targeting.
diff --git a/cmake/ports/openvr/portfile.cmake b/cmake/ports/openvr/portfile.cmake
index bcbac8613a..76859b523b 100644
--- a/cmake/ports/openvr/portfile.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ports/openvr/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO ValveSoftware/openvr
-    REF v1.11.11
-    SHA512 25bddb0e82eea091fe5101d0d3de1de7bb81b4504adc0c8d8e687d2502c0167bc5a11e68bc343d7563fb4db7c917e9d0e2ea99bc1d8016d479874b0c6bd7f121
+    REF v1.16.8
+    SHA512 bc65fd2fc2aab870c7fee98f5211b7d88cd30511ce5b23fa2ac05454969b6ee56b42e422e44a16a833b317bb1328e0ed986c926e3d78abddf5fd5788ff74de91
     HEAD_REF master
 )
 
diff --git a/plugins/openvr/src/OpenVrHelpers.cpp b/plugins/openvr/src/OpenVrHelpers.cpp
index eed2242602..d22aecaa1f 100644
--- a/plugins/openvr/src/OpenVrHelpers.cpp
+++ b/plugins/openvr/src/OpenVrHelpers.cpp
@@ -411,6 +411,14 @@ void showMinSpecWarning() {
     if (!vrOverlay) {
         qFatal("Unable to initialize SteamVR overlay manager");
     }
+    auto vrChaperone = vr::VRChaperone();
+    if (!vrChaperone) {
+        qFatal("Unable to initialize SteamVR chaperone");
+    }
+    auto vrCompositor = vr::VRCompositor();
+    if (!vrCompositor) {
+        qFatal("Unable to initialize SteamVR compositor");
+    }
 
     vr::VROverlayHandle_t minSpecFailedOverlay = 0;
     if (vr::VROverlayError_None != vrOverlay->CreateOverlay(FAILED_MIN_SPEC_OVERLAY_NAME, FAILED_MIN_SPEC_OVERLAY_FRIENDLY_NAME, &minSpecFailedOverlay)) {
@@ -443,7 +451,7 @@ void showMinSpecWarning() {
     });
 #endif
 
-    vrSystem->ResetSeatedZeroPose();
+    vrChaperone->ResetZeroPose(vrCompositor->GetTrackingSpace());
     QString imagePath = PathUtils::resourcesPath() + "/images/steam-min-spec-failed.png";
     vrOverlay->SetOverlayFromFile(minSpecFailedOverlay, imagePath.toLocal8Bit().toStdString().c_str());
     vrOverlay->SetOverlayWidthInMeters(minSpecFailedOverlay, 1.4f);