diff --git a/Dockerfile.rhel7 b/Dockerfile.rhel7
index adacb7c537..27d582d836 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rhel7
+++ b/Dockerfile.rhel7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.15-openshift-4.8 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.16-openshift-4.8 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/cluster-authentication-operator
 COPY . .
 ENV GO_PACKAGE github.com/openshift/cluster-authentication-operator