diff --git a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/constants.ts b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/constants.ts
index c6a83fb210..c017e369a9 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/constants.ts
+++ b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/constants.ts
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ export function getK8sSyncUtilImageName(): DockerImageWithDigest {
 export const k8sReverseProxyImageName: DockerImageWithDigest =
   "gardendev/k8s-reverse-proxy:0.1.1@sha256:2dff2275fc8c32cc0eba50eebd7ace6fdb007d9b3f4bd48d94355057324b2394"
 export const buildkitImageName: DockerImageWithDigest =
-  "gardendev/buildkit:v0.13.2@sha256:0b00abd320625674ae158d21bc1828bd4cbc5179bdf699a72381707ec791893e"
+  "gardendev/buildkit:v-0.16.0@sha256:ee7aa12e6fdba79ee9838631995fa7c5a12aba9091a0753dedfe891d430c8182"
 export const buildkitRootlessImageName: DockerImageWithDigest =
-  "gardendev/buildkit:v0.13.2-rootless@sha256:b6b9c4c48bb9645c3bfa6e9241ac3d963ef607dd6c1ce3ebe1ea725cb5138c16"
+  "gardendev/buildkit:v-0.16.0-rootless@sha256:634506c016691b079e44614c5de65e0b0d4a98070304f6089e15f0279bfca411"
 export const defaultKanikoImageName: DockerImageWithDigest =
   "gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.11.0-debug@sha256:32ba2214921892c2fa7b5f9c4ae6f8f026538ce6b2105a93a36a8b5ee50fe517"
 export const defaultGardenIngressControllerDefaultBackendImage: DockerImageWithDigest =
diff --git a/images/buildkit/Dockerfile b/images/buildkit/Dockerfile
index 806c6fbd53..98d663e73b 100644
--- a/images/buildkit/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/buildkit/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM moby/buildkit:v0.13.2@sha256:9194b5ec1be368f41c516df7f93f7f540630ea06136056b2ffebb62226ed4ad6 as buildkit
+FROM moby/buildkit:v0.16.0@sha256:bc1fe18224dbcb92599139db0c745696c48ba9fd4ac24038d1fa81fdd7dcac27 as buildkit
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache wget
 
diff --git a/images/buildkit/garden.yml b/images/buildkit/garden.yml
index 1d4e6ed681..06361db4ec 100644
--- a/images/buildkit/garden.yml
+++ b/images/buildkit/garden.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: buildkit
 description: Used for the cluster-buildkit build mode in the kubernetes provider
 variables:
   image-name: gardendev/buildkit
-  release-tag: v0.13.2
+  release-tag: v0.16.0
 spec:
   publishId: ${var.image-name}:${var.release-tag}
   localId: ${var.image-name}
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
   - build.buildkit
 variables:
   image-name: gardendev/buildkit
-  release-tag: v0.13.2-rootless
+  release-tag: v0.16.0-rootless
 spec:
   publishId: ${var.image-name}:${var.release-tag}
   localId: ${var.image-name}