diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index f7e5a75ac46a8405151ddca9629119489ff197d6..cd7ace34f4f8815e3c52b964d535c75e7a729b63 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags:
 # Build args passed to Dockerfile ARGs
 args:
   BASE_IMAGE: "opensource/nodejs/nodejs16"
-  BASE_TAG: "16.5.0"
+  BASE_TAG: "16.6.0"
 
 # Docker image labels
 labels: