diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
index f61d33924f..0d19573739 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.15.0"
+            "defaultValue": "8.16.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
index ef56bec54a..eb403cf5d9 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.15.0"
+            "defaultValue": "8.16.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
index 85c8414d12..dc00e273bb 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.15.0"
+            "defaultValue": "8.16.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
index 8a72fa9d53..0baa62ac97 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.15.0"
+            "defaultValue": "8.16.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",