diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index f3637bfe181..8639725f62b 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # CNI plugins
   - name: "cni"
-    version: 1.5.1
+    version: 1.6.0
     refPaths:
     - path: cluster/gce/config-common.sh
       match: WINDOWS_CNI_VERSION=
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-common.sh b/cluster/gce/config-common.sh
index cac93c17b1a..4506d18b630 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/config-common.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-common.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export WINDOWS_CNI_CONFIG_DIR="${WINDOWS_K8S_DIR}\cni\config"
 # CNI storage path for Windows nodes
 export WINDOWS_CNI_STORAGE_PATH="https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-artifacts-cni/release"
 # CNI version for Windows nodes
-export WINDOWS_CNI_VERSION="v1.5.1"
+export WINDOWS_CNI_VERSION="v1.6.0"
 # Pod manifests directory for Windows nodes on Windows nodes.
 export WINDOWS_MANIFESTS_DIR="${WINDOWS_K8S_DIR}\manifests"
 # Directory where cert/key files will be stores on Windows nodes.
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
index 947a79fc0f5..db941eef7db 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 ### Hardcoded constants
-DEFAULT_CNI_VERSION='v1.5.1'
-DEFAULT_CNI_HASH='c7ee3e074e15d46dd6b58bc3ae8282e97e1b0d315bcdf252b98fe7b9fe04cc1cfa892e6663d9258b5271cf5f2ecd5cd7caed4503bad53de8142c0bc44b3fd7ba'
+DEFAULT_CNI_VERSION='v1.6.0'
+DEFAULT_CNI_HASH='3d9f34a43e0550d9f4f28c724e25bc5cfcfc601c329586bafe4910c3c72f918055151066e71e14e157276138e358344a1d815d957646df43a86d3673ab2849c3'
 DEFAULT_NPD_VERSION='v0.8.20'
 DEFAULT_NPD_HASH_AMD64='09029b62f8023885f3a856c20b5fafecabb880806467848ae25f578c4ee6afacd97c85a0c2d0c582c8d79d3716c83d0e7d324073c5816ae5a812812a6f21450b'
 DEFAULT_NPD_HASH_ARM64='233f7e4451de920b7ce8b0ac0e46da1a07ef559e628a75746ce7927492a1886ebd007875f76462d2d0bf3b1dc807a7e8321108cafbd7db9eee39c0e2cfb6c051'
diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 7ed47c5adbd..2bcc6f1e76e 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ LIMITED_SWAP=${LIMITED_SWAP:-""}
 
 # required for cni installation
 CNI_CONFIG_DIR=${CNI_CONFIG_DIR:-/etc/cni/net.d}
-CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION=${CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION:-"v1.5.1"}
+CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION=${CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION:-"v1.6.0"}
 # The arch of the CNI binary, if not set, will be fetched based on the value of `uname -m`
 CNI_TARGETARCH=${CNI_TARGETARCH:-""}
 CNI_PLUGINS_URL="https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download"
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/remote/utils.go b/test/e2e_node/remote/utils.go
index 14ab151461d..e2458c2aa3e 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/remote/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/remote/utils.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 // utils.go contains functions used across test suites.
 
 const (
-	cniVersion       = "v1.5.1"
+	cniVersion       = "v1.6.0"
 	cniDirectory     = "cni/bin" // The CNI tarball places binaries under directory under "cni/bin".
 	cniConfDirectory = "cni/net.d"