diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yaml b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yaml
index f7a3171..6863330 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yaml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         fluentd:
-          - v1.16
           - v1.16-4.8
           - v1.16-4.9
+          - v1.16-4.10
         image-type:
           - base
           - filters
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2a84868..cef4d10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         fluentd:
-          - v1.16
           - v1.16-4.8
           - v1.16-4.9
+          - v1.16-4.10
         image-type:
           - base
           - filters
diff --git a/v1.16/Dockerfile b/v1.16-4.10/Dockerfile
similarity index 91%
rename from v1.16/Dockerfile
rename to v1.16-4.10/Dockerfile
index 9065d06..7b7b191 100644
--- a/v1.16/Dockerfile
+++ b/v1.16-4.10/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # TODO every time the base image is changed please make sure BASEIMAGEDEPS is updated (further down in this file)
-FROM public.ecr.aws/sumologic/kubernetes-fluentd:latest-alpine@sha256:b44e3526ae59b558576de5695aa5d6b1bdd4e0a080372f0f25d77a4d2092a476 AS sumo
+# https://gallery.ecr.aws/sumologic/kubernetes-fluentd
+FROM public.ecr.aws/sumologic/kubernetes-fluentd:1.16.5-sumo-0-alpine as sumo
 
-FROM ruby:3.2.4-alpine3.18 as base
+FROM ruby:3.2.5-alpine3.20 as base
 
 ARG BUILD_DEPS=" \
       make gcc g++ libc-dev \
       wget bzip2 zlib-dev git linux-headers \
       automake autoconf libtool build-base \
       ruby-dev libc6-compat geoip-dev \
-      snappy-dev gnupg \
+      snappy-dev gnupg bash \
       "
 
 RUN addgroup -S -g 101 fluent && adduser -S -G fluent -u 100 fluent \
@@ -34,15 +35,15 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
  # need to rebuild these gems to have the extensions installed
  && fluent-gem install \
          bigdecimal:1.4.4 \
-         oj:3.15.0 \
+         oj:3.16.1 \
          google-protobuf:3.21.12 \
-         nio4r:2.6.0 \
+         nio4r:2.7.3 \
          snappy:0.3.0 \
  # The only required fluentd dependency is the label router
  # kubeclient install is upgrading the one from the base image
  && fluent-gem install specific_install -v 0.3.8 \
  && fluent-gem specific_install -l https://github.com/ManageIQ/kubeclient.git --ref 054bff2c5e31a555004be2b3c4d32fb9dc5e6a0f \
- && fluent-gem specific_install -l https://github.com/kube-logging/fluent-plugin-label-router.git --ref 2ff43789f895735b7852e0a1a809280e22d9e8ef \
+ && fluent-gem specific_install -l https://github.com/kube-logging/fluent-plugin-label-router.git --ref 6d9d34a7e3fd73a400a31fb35513781802e7b36d \
  && find /usr/local/bundle/gems/ -newer /etc/gemrc -exec chown fluent:fluent {} \; \
  && apk del $BUILD_DEPS \
  && rm -rf /usr/local/bundle/cache/* && find /usr/local/bundle -name '*.o' -delete
diff --git a/v1.16/entrypoint.sh b/v1.16-4.10/entrypoint.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from v1.16/entrypoint.sh
rename to v1.16-4.10/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/v1.16/filters/Gemfile b/v1.16-4.10/filters/Gemfile
similarity index 94%
rename from v1.16/filters/Gemfile
rename to v1.16-4.10/filters/Gemfile
index 72f9fd5..34e2622 100644
--- a/v1.16/filters/Gemfile
+++ b/v1.16-4.10/filters/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'fluent-plugin-detect-exceptions', '0.0.15'
-gem 'fluent-plugin-prometheus', '2.1.0'
+gem 'fluent-plugin-prometheus', '2.2.0'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-dedot_filter', '1.0.0'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-geoip', '1.3.2'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-tag-normaliser', '0.1.3'
diff --git a/v1.16/filters/Gemfile.lock b/v1.16-4.10/filters/Gemfile.lock
similarity index 97%
rename from v1.16/filters/Gemfile.lock
rename to v1.16-4.10/filters/Gemfile.lock
index 700fd3f..3528150 100644
--- a/v1.16/filters/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/v1.16-4.10/filters/Gemfile.lock
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ GEM
     fluent-plugin-parser-logfmt (0.0.0)
       fluentd (>= 1, < 2)
       logfmt (~> 0.0.8)
-    fluent-plugin-prometheus (2.1.0)
+    fluent-plugin-prometheus (2.2.0)
       fluentd (>= 1.9.1, < 2)
       prometheus-client (>= 2.1.0)
     fluent-plugin-record-modifier (2.2.0)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   fluent-plugin-multi-format-parser (= 1.1.0)
   fluent-plugin-mysqlslowquery (= 0.0.9)
   fluent-plugin-parser-logfmt (= 0.0.0)
-  fluent-plugin-prometheus (= 2.1.0)
+  fluent-plugin-prometheus (= 2.2.0)
   fluent-plugin-record-modifier (= 2.2.0)
   fluent-plugin-rewrite-tag-filter (= 2.4.0)
   fluent-plugin-tag-normaliser (= 0.1.3)
diff --git a/v1.16/fluent.conf b/v1.16-4.10/fluent.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from v1.16/fluent.conf
rename to v1.16-4.10/fluent.conf
diff --git a/v1.16/healthy.sh b/v1.16-4.10/healthy.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from v1.16/healthy.sh
rename to v1.16-4.10/healthy.sh
diff --git a/v1.16/outputs/Gemfile b/v1.16-4.10/outputs/Gemfile
similarity index 85%
rename from v1.16/outputs/Gemfile
rename to v1.16-4.10/outputs/Gemfile
index b7c652b..a4e0f66 100644
--- a/v1.16/outputs/Gemfile
+++ b/v1.16-4.10/outputs/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'fluent-plugin-aliyun-oss', '0.0.1'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-sumologic_output', '1.9.0'
-gem 'fluent-plugin-kafka', '0.19.2'
+gem 'fluent-plugin-kafka', '0.19.3'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-grafana-loki', '1.2.20'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-kinesis', '3.5.0'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-splunk-hec', '1.3.3'
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ gem 'fluent-plugin-newrelic', '1.2.3'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-cloudwatch-logs', '0.14.3'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-opensearch', '1.1.4'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-logzio', '0.2.2'
-gem 'fluent-plugin-datadog', '0.14.3'
+gem 'fluent-plugin-datadog', '0.14.4'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-redis', '0.3.5'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-sqs', '3.0.0'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-mattermost', '0.2.2'
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ gem 'fluent-plugin-remote-syslog', '1.1.0'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-webhdfs', '1.6.0'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-vmware-loginsight', '1.4.2'
 gem 'fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligence', '2.0.8'
-gem 'fluent-plugin-gelf-best', '1.3.3'
+gem 'fluent-plugin-gelf-best', '1.3.4'
+gem 'rdkafka', '0.16.0'
 #gem 'fluent-plugin-aws-elasticsearch-service', '2.4.1'
 #gem 'fluent-plugin-logdna', '~> 0.4.0'
diff --git a/v1.16/outputs/Gemfile.lock b/v1.16-4.10/outputs/Gemfile.lock
similarity index 94%
rename from v1.16/outputs/Gemfile.lock
rename to v1.16-4.10/outputs/Gemfile.lock
index 460522c..a3d54d7 100644
--- a/v1.16/outputs/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/v1.16-4.10/outputs/Gemfile.lock
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ GEM
     fluent-plugin-cloudwatch-logs (0.14.3)
       aws-sdk-cloudwatchlogs (~> 1.0)
       fluentd (>= 1.8.0)
-    fluent-plugin-datadog (0.14.3)
+    fluent-plugin-datadog (0.14.4)
       fluentd (>= 1, < 2)
       net-http-persistent (~> 4.0.1)
     fluent-plugin-elasticsearch (5.4.3)
@@ -97,18 +97,18 @@ GEM
       faraday (>= 2.0.0)
       faraday-excon (>= 2.0.0)
       fluentd (>= 0.14.22)
-    fluent-plugin-gelf-best (1.3.3)
+    fluent-plugin-gelf-best (1.3.4)
       fluentd (>= 1.0.0)
       gelf (>= 2.0.0)
     fluent-plugin-grafana-loki (1.2.20)
       fluentd (>= 1.9.3, < 2)
-    fluent-plugin-kafka (0.19.2)
+    fluent-plugin-kafka (0.19.3)
       fluentd (>= 0.10.58, < 2)
       ltsv
       ruby-kafka (>= 1.5.0, < 2)
     fluent-plugin-kinesis (3.5.0)
-      aws-sdk-firehose (~> 1, != 1.9, != 1.5, != 1.15)
-      aws-sdk-kinesis (~> 1, != 1.5, != 1.4, != 1.14)
+      aws-sdk-firehose (~> 1, != 1.5, != 1.9, != 1.15)
+      aws-sdk-kinesis (~> 1, != 1.4, != 1.5, != 1.14)
       fluentd (>= 0.14.22, < 2)
       google-protobuf (~> 3)
     fluent-plugin-logzio (0.2.2)
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ GEM
       yajl-ruby (~> 1.0)
     gelf (3.1.0)
       json
-    google-protobuf (3.25.3)
+    google-protobuf (3.25.5)
     http (5.1.1)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
       http-cookie (~> 1.0)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2023.1003)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
-    mini_portile2 (2.8.6)
+    mini_portile2 (2.8.7)
     minitest (5.22.2)
     msgpack (1.7.2)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ GEM
     net-smtp (0.4.0)
       net-protocol
     netrc (0.11.0)
-    nokogiri (1.16.5)
+    nokogiri (1.16.6)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     openid_connect (1.1.8)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (>= 1.0)
     prometheus-client (4.2.1)
     public_suffix (5.0.3)
-    racc (1.7.3)
+    racc (1.8.0)
     rack (3.0.9.1)
     rack-oauth2 (1.21.3)
       activesupport
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ GEM
       json-jwt (>= 1.11.0)
       rack (>= 2.1.0)
     rake (13.0.6)
+    rdkafka (0.16.0)
+      ffi (~> 1.15)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.6)
+      rake (> 12)
     redis (3.3.5)
     rest-client (2.1.0)
       http-accept (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
@@ -304,11 +308,11 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   fluent-plugin-aliyun-oss (= 0.0.1)
   fluent-plugin-cloudwatch-logs (= 0.14.3)
-  fluent-plugin-datadog (= 0.14.3)
+  fluent-plugin-datadog (= 0.14.4)
   fluent-plugin-elasticsearch (= 5.4.3)
-  fluent-plugin-gelf-best (= 1.3.3)
+  fluent-plugin-gelf-best (= 1.3.4)
   fluent-plugin-grafana-loki (= 1.2.20)
-  fluent-plugin-kafka (= 0.19.2)
+  fluent-plugin-kafka (= 0.19.3)
   fluent-plugin-kinesis (= 3.5.0)
   fluent-plugin-logzio (= 0.2.2)
   fluent-plugin-mattermost (= 0.2.2)
@@ -322,6 +326,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligence (= 2.0.8)
   fluent-plugin-vmware-loginsight (= 1.4.2)
   fluent-plugin-webhdfs (= 1.6.0)
-
-BUNDLED WITH
-   2.5.11
+  rdkafka (= 0.16.0)