diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 5895ad05..e72189ec 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ shfmt 3.2.0
 shellcheck 0.7.1
 kubectl 1.21.7
 github-cli 2.0.0
-packer 1.7.10
+packer 1.16.1
 trivy 0.20.0
 kustomize 4.0.5
 awscli 2.4.7