diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 8adb9d34d7..f43ad75dce 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ languages:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when
         building Kata
-      newest-version: "1.14.4"
+      newest-version: "1.16.5"
 
   rust:
     description: "Rust language"