diff --git a/cluster/manifests/skipper/deployment.yaml b/cluster/manifests/skipper/deployment.yaml
index 5f5e9431b7..400e826767 100644
--- a/cluster/manifests/skipper/deployment.yaml
+++ b/cluster/manifests/skipper/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{ $internal_version := "v0.21.150-974" }}
-{{ $canary_internal_version := "v0.21.150-974" }}
+{{ $canary_internal_version := "v0.21.161-981" }}
 
 {{/* Optional canary arguments separated by "[cf724afc]" to allow whitespaces, e.g. "-foo=has a whitespace[cf724afc]-baz=qux" */}}
 {{ $canary_args := "" }}