diff --git a/Dockerfile.openshift b/Dockerfile.openshift
index 69115dabc..bbc84206b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openshift
+++ b/Dockerfile.openshift
@@ -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