diff --git a/drivers/azure/azure.go b/drivers/azure/azure.go
index 8df7dcc581..8ae211ab39 100644
--- a/drivers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/drivers/azure/azure.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const (
 	defaultAzureLocation        = "westus"
 	defaultSSHUser              = "docker-user" // 'root' not allowed on Azure
 	defaultDockerPort           = 2376
-	defaultAzureImage           = "canonical:UbuntuServer:15.10:latest"
+	defaultAzureImage           = "canonical:UbuntuServer:16.04.0-LTS:latest"
 	defaultAzureVNet            = "docker-machine-vnet"
 	defaultAzureSubnet          = "docker-machine"
 	defaultAzureSubnetPrefix    = "192.168.0.0/16"