diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases/r3_view_compiler_input_outputs/GOLDEN_PARTIAL.js b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases/r3_view_compiler_input_outputs/GOLDEN_PARTIAL.js
index ae85326c80b..37124a772ea 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases/r3_view_compiler_input_outputs/GOLDEN_PARTIAL.js
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases/r3_view_compiler_input_outputs/GOLDEN_PARTIAL.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function toNumber(value) {
 export class MyDirective {
 }
 MyDirective.ɵfac = i0.ɵɵngDeclareFactory({ minVersion: "12.0.0", version: "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER", ngImport: i0, type: MyDirective, deps: [], target: i0.ɵɵFactoryTarget.Directive });
-MyDirective.ɵdir = i0.ɵɵngDeclareDirective({ minVersion: "14.0.0", version: "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER", type: MyDirective, selector: "[my-directive]", inputs: { functionDeclarationInput: ["functionDeclarationInput", "functionDeclarationInput", toNumber], inlineFunctionInput: ["inlineFunctionInput", "inlineFunctionInput", (value, _) => value ? 1 : 0] }, ngImport: i0 });
+MyDirective.ɵdir = i0.ɵɵngDeclareDirective({ minVersion: "16.1.0", version: "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER", type: MyDirective, selector: "[my-directive]", inputs: { functionDeclarationInput: ["functionDeclarationInput", "functionDeclarationInput", toNumber], inlineFunctionInput: ["inlineFunctionInput", "inlineFunctionInput", (value, _) => value ? 1 : 0] }, ngImport: i0 });
 i0.ɵɵngDeclareClassMetadata({ minVersion: "12.0.0", version: "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER", ngImport: i0, type: MyDirective, decorators: [{
             type: Directive,
             args: [{ selector: '[my-directive]' }]
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/directive.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/directive.ts
index a2787b5de64..be5db58e5d4 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/directive.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/directive.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {toOptionalLiteralMap} from './util';
  *
  * Do not include any prerelease in these versions as they are ignored.
  */
-const MINIMUM_PARTIAL_LINKER_VERSION = '14.0.0';
+const MINIMUM_PARTIAL_LINKER_VERSION = '16.1.0';
 
 /**
  * Compile a directive declaration defined by the `R3DirectiveMetadata`.
@@ -45,7 +45,14 @@ export function createDirectiveDefinitionMap(meta: R3DirectiveMetadata):
     DefinitionMap<R3DeclareDirectiveMetadata> {
   const definitionMap = new DefinitionMap<R3DeclareDirectiveMetadata>();
 
-  definitionMap.set('minVersion', o.literal(MINIMUM_PARTIAL_LINKER_VERSION));
+  const hasTransformFunctions =
+      Object.values(meta.inputs).some(input => input.transformFunction !== null);
+  // Note: in order to allow consuming Angular libraries that have been compiled with 16.1+ in
+  // Angular 16.0, we only force a minimum version of 16.1 if input transform feature as introduced
+  // in 16.1 is actually used.
+  const minVersion = hasTransformFunctions ? MINIMUM_PARTIAL_LINKER_VERSION : '14.0.0';
+
+  definitionMap.set('minVersion', o.literal(minVersion));
   definitionMap.set('version', o.literal('0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER'));
 
   // e.g. `type: MyDirective`