diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
index 2e1e0a6810..13128e6423 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ global:
     image:
       registry: registry.k8s.io
       repository: etcd
-      tag: 3.5.15-0@sha256:a6dc63e6e8cfa0307d7851762fa6b629afb18f28d8aa3fab5a6e91b4af60026a
+      tag: 3.5.16-0@sha256:c6a9d11cc5c04b114ccdef39a9265eeef818e3d02f5359be035ae784097fdec5
   kubectl:
     image:
       registry: docker.io