diff --git a/charts/chart_versions.yaml b/charts/chart_versions.yaml
index 45663bb3e9..0b1c87d9c3 100644
--- a/charts/chart_versions.yaml
+++ b/charts/chart_versions.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 charts:
-  - version: 1.15.500
+  - version: 1.16.000
     filename: /charts/rke2-cilium.yaml
     bootstrap: true
   - version: v3.28.1-build2024080600
diff --git a/scripts/build-images b/scripts/build-images
index a238390b5f..d27e2f2e42 100755
--- a/scripts/build-images
+++ b/scripts/build-images
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ EOF
 
 if [ "${GOARCH}" != "s390x" ]; then
 xargs -n1 -t docker image pull --quiet << EOF > build/images-cilium.txt
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-certgen:v0.1.12
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-cilium:v1.15.5
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-cilium-envoy:v1.28.3-31ec52ec5f2e4d28a8e19a0bfb872fa48cf7a515
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-clustermesh-apiserver:v1.15.5
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-hubble-relay:v1.15.5
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-hubble-ui:v0.13.0
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-hubble-ui-backend:v0.13.0
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-operator-aws:v1.15.5
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-operator-azure:v1.15.5
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-operator-generic:v1.15.5
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-certgen:v0.2.0
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-cilium:v1.16.0
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-cilium-envoy:v1.29.7-39a2a56bbd5b3a591f69dbca51d3e30ef97e0e51
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-clustermesh-apiserver:v1.16.0
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-hubble-relay:v1.16.0
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-hubble-ui:v0.13.1
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-hubble-ui-backend:v0.13.1
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-operator-aws:v1.16.0
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-operator-azure:v1.16.0
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/mirrored-cilium-operator-generic:v1.16.0
     ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-cni-plugins:v1.4.1-build20240325
 EOF