diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 632837ad9f9..938bd82962e 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PROTO_COMPARE_TAG ?= v1.0.3$(if $(findstring ent,$(GO_TAGS)),+ent,)
 
 # LAST_RELEASE is the git sha of the latest release corresponding to this branch. main should have the latest
 # published release, but backport branches should point to the parent tag (e.g. 1.0.8 in release-1.0.9 after 1.1.0 is cut).
-LAST_RELEASE ?= v1.0.11
+LAST_RELEASE ?= v1.0.16
 
 default: help