diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2e6123b16d..7609290eec 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ ENV TERRAFORM_VERSION=v1.2.9
 ENV CLI_VERSION=v0.8.6
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes/kubernetes
-ENV KUBECTL_VERSION=v1.25.5
+ENV KUBECTL_VERSION=v1.25.16
 
 RUN apk add --update --no-cache curl ca-certificates unzip wget openssl build-base && \
     curl -L https://get.helm.sh/helm-${HELM_VERSION}-linux-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz | tar xvz && \