diff --git a/net/grpc/gateway/docker/envoy/Dockerfile b/net/grpc/gateway/docker/envoy/Dockerfile
index 930c38e..6b21ab0 100644
--- a/net/grpc/gateway/docker/envoy/Dockerfile
+++ b/net/grpc/gateway/docker/envoy/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM envoyproxy/envoy:v1.15.0
+FROM envoyproxy/envoy:v1.16.1
 
 COPY net/grpc/gateway/examples/echo/envoy.yaml /etc/envoy/envoy.yaml
 
diff --git a/net/grpc/gateway/examples/helloworld/README.md b/net/grpc/gateway/examples/helloworld/README.md
index d47ef9a..5f4d095 100644
--- a/net/grpc/gateway/examples/helloworld/README.md
+++ b/net/grpc/gateway/examples/helloworld/README.md
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ run the 3 processes all in the background.
 
  ```sh
  $ docker run -d -v "$(pwd)"/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml:ro \
-     --network=host envoyproxy/envoy:v1.15.0
+     --network=host envoyproxy/envoy:v1.16.1
  ```
 
 > NOTE: As per [this issue](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web/issues/436):
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ run the 3 processes all in the background.
 >
 > ```sh
 > $ docker run -d -v "$(pwd)"/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml:ro \
->     -p 8080:8080 -p 9901:9901 envoyproxy/envoy:v1.15.0
+>     -p 8080:8080 -p 9901:9901 envoyproxy/envoy:v1.16.1
 >  ```
 
  3. Run the simple Web Server. This hosts the static file `index.html` and
diff --git a/scripts/run_interop_tests.sh b/scripts/run_interop_tests.sh
index 44bacc4..a6e03d8 100755
--- a/scripts/run_interop_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_interop_tests.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ docker-compose build common prereqs node-interop-server interop-client java-inte
 # Run interop tests
 pid1=$(docker run -d \
   -v "$(pwd)"/test/interop/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml:ro \
-  --network=host envoyproxy/envoy:v1.15.0)
+  --network=host envoyproxy/envoy:v1.16.1)
 pid2=$(docker run -d --network=host grpcweb/node-interop-server)
 
 run_tests
diff --git a/test/interop/README.md b/test/interop/README.md
index e66d4b6..2f83e87 100644
--- a/test/interop/README.md
+++ b/test/interop/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ tests.
 
 ```sh
 $ docker run -d -v $(pwd)/test/interop/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml:ro \
-  --network=host envoyproxy/envoy:v1.15.0
+  --network=host envoyproxy/envoy:v1.16.1
 ```