diff --git a/hub-component.yaml b/hub-component.yaml
index 0f2881f..86ffad5 100644
--- a/hub-component.yaml
+++ b/hub-component.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: component
 meta:
   name: stack-k8s-gke
   brief: Google GKE
-  version: 1.15
+  version: 1.16
   source:
       dir: ../stack-k8s-gke/
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ parameters:
       parameters:
       - name: version
         env: TF_VAR_gke_kubernetes_version_prefix
-        value: 1.15
+        value: 1.16
       - name: cluster
         empty: allow
         env: CLUSTER_NAME
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 145a56a..3cd3418 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ variable "asi_oauth_scopes" {
 
 variable "gke_kubernetes_version_prefix" {
   type = "string"
-  default = "1.15"
+  default = "1.16"
 }