diff --git a/src/main/docker/gitlab-setup/sendmail/Dockerfile b/src/main/docker/gitlab-setup/sendmail/Dockerfile
index 7e64452b68774a518d0cc4b6836aba71c0876ef1..6a7cda03205c645bb832d7684ef97a04fd2dd1c2 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/gitlab-setup/sendmail/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/main/docker/gitlab-setup/sendmail/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gitlab/gitlab-ce:15.11.13-ce.0
+FROM gitlab/gitlab-ce:16.1.6-ce.0
 
 RUN apt-get clean \
     && apt-get update \