diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index 6f0b610c88f7c458241928918e457f82bcae0b35..41185b3cb46b8a2bc1ffb8bdecc26706df01e93e 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: "16.6.2"
+  BASE_TAG: "16.7.0"
 
 # Docker image labels
 labels: