diff --git a/bitnami/kubectl/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/kubectl/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 2eded147601d..c4d9866e87eb 100644
--- a/bitnami/kubectl/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/kubectl/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN mkdir /.kube && chmod g+rwX /.kube
 
 ENV APP_VERSION="1.21.11" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="kubectl" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.21.11-debian-10-r15" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.21.11-debian-10-r16" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/kubectl/bin:$PATH"
 
 USER 1001
diff --git a/bitnami/kubectl/README.md b/bitnami/kubectl/README.md
index df3d90f4f985..bf050d402612 100644
--- a/bitnami/kubectl/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kubectl/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 * [`1.23`, `1.23-debian-10`, `1.23.5`, `1.23.5-debian-10-r15`, `latest` (1.23/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kubectl/blob/1.23.5-debian-10-r15/1.23/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`1.22`, `1.22-debian-10`, `1.22.8`, `1.22.8-debian-10-r15` (1.22/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kubectl/blob/1.22.8-debian-10-r15/1.22/debian-10/Dockerfile)
-* [`1.21`, `1.21-debian-10`, `1.21.11`, `1.21.11-debian-10-r15` (1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kubectl/blob/1.21.11-debian-10-r15/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`1.21`, `1.21-debian-10`, `1.21.11`, `1.21.11-debian-10-r16` (1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kubectl/blob/1.21.11-debian-10-r16/1.21/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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