diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index e917359713c..c7377390683 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: CoreDNSVersion =
 
   - name: "crictl"
-    version: 1.14.0
+    version: 1.16.1
     refPaths:
     - path: build/workspace.bzl
       match: CRI_TOOLS_VERSION =
diff --git a/build/workspace.bzl b/build/workspace.bzl
index 59f624f9464..f86d84f209b 100644
--- a/build/workspace.bzl
+++ b/build/workspace.bzl
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ _CNI_TARBALL_ARCH_SHA256 = {
     "s390x": "415cdcf02c65c22f5b7e55b0ab61208a10f2b95a0c8310176c771d07a9f448cf",
 }
 
-CRI_TOOLS_VERSION = "1.14.0"
+CRI_TOOLS_VERSION = "1.16.1"
 _CRI_TARBALL_ARCH_SHA256 = {
-    "amd64": "483c90a9fe679590df4332ba807991c49232e8cd326c307c575ecef7fe22327b",
-    "arm": "9910cecfd6558239ba015323066c7233d8371af359b9ddd0b2a35d5223bcf945",
-    "arm64": "f76b3d00a272c8d210e9a45f77d07d3770bee310d99c4fd9a72d6f55278882e5",
-    "ppc64le": "1e2cd11a1e025ed9755521cf13bb1bda986afa0052597a9bb44d31e62583413b",
-    "s390x": "8b7b5749cba88ef337997ae90aa04380e3cab2c040b44b505b2fcd691c4935e4",
+    "amd64": "19fed421710fccfe58f5573383bb137c19438a9056355556f1a15da8d23b3ad1",
+    "arm": "367826f3eb06c4d923f3174d23141ddacef9ffcb0c902502bd922dbad86d08dd",
+    "arm64": "62b60ab7046b788df892a1b746bd602c520a59c38232febc0580692c9805f641",
+    "ppc64le": "d6464188a5011242b8dad22cb1e55d8cb29d6873f3d1f3f3c32bb236d3fca64e",
+    "s390x": "f3d5e707810d7985f6a470ea439ca5989c0ee218a824795ed1726f4958281a2d",
 }
 
 ETCD_VERSION = "3.3.15"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
index d3fbfe3c953..fb0fd5c7c30 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ DEFAULT_CNI_VERSION="v0.7.5"
 DEFAULT_CNI_SHA1="52e9d2de8a5f927307d9397308735658ee44ab8d"
 DEFAULT_NPD_VERSION="v0.7.1"
 DEFAULT_NPD_SHA1="a9cae965973d586bf5206ad4fe5aae07e6bfd154"
-DEFAULT_CRICTL_VERSION="v1.14.0"
-DEFAULT_CRICTL_SHA1="1f93c6183d0a4e186708efe7899da7a7bce9c736"
+DEFAULT_CRICTL_VERSION="v1.16.1"
+DEFAULT_CRICTL_SHA1="8d7b788bf0a52bd3248407c6ebf779ffead27c99"
 DEFAULT_MOUNTER_TAR_SHA="8003b798cf33c7f91320cd6ee5cec4fa22244571"
 ###