diff --git a/ci-operator/config/kiegroup/kie-cloud-operator/kiegroup-kie-cloud-operator-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/kiegroup/kie-cloud-operator/kiegroup-kie-cloud-operator-main.yaml
index 7def1d586fd5..1280297e9792 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/kiegroup/kie-cloud-operator/kiegroup-kie-cloud-operator-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/kiegroup/kie-cloud-operator/kiegroup-kie-cloud-operator-main.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build_root:
   image_stream_tag:
     name: release
     namespace: openshift
-    tag: golang-1.13
+    tag: golang-1.16
 images:
 - dockerfile_path: build/Dockerfile
   from: os