diff --git a/Dockerfile.snapshot-controller.openshift.rhel7 b/Dockerfile.snapshot-controller.openshift.rhel7
index 04040756c..17ab53e5a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.snapshot-controller.openshift.rhel7
+++ b/Dockerfile.snapshot-controller.openshift.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/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter
 COPY . .
 RUN make build