diff --git a/common/.commonfiles.sha b/common/.commonfiles.sha
index e0cf3afdcfd..c6047eee915 100644
--- a/common/.commonfiles.sha
+++ b/common/.commonfiles.sha
@@ -1 +1 @@
-305e71348dd7bd36fb2142739b72657c80e2850a
+e209fafdd2b9badf95a54976f47687e2d1fb4fb6
diff --git a/common/Makefile.common.mk b/common/Makefile.common.mk
index f0209977ef4..1ec9a810308 100644
--- a/common/Makefile.common.mk
+++ b/common/Makefile.common.mk
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ mirror-licenses: mod-download-go
 	@license-lint --mirror
 
 TMP := $(shell mktemp -d -u)
-UPDATE_BRANCH ?= "release-1.16"
+UPDATE_BRANCH ?= "master"
 
 update-common:
 	@mkdir -p $(TMP)