diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/app/helmrelease.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/app/helmrelease.yaml
index a2c699425..db06ea926 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/app/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/app/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
     mediaType: application/vnd.cncf.helm.chart.content.v1.tar+gzip
     operation: copy
   ref:
-    tag: 0.16.0
+    tag: 0.16.1
   url: oci://ghcr.io/external-secrets/charts/external-secrets
 ---
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://kubernetes-schemas.pages.dev/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/helmrelease_v2.json
diff --git a/kubernetes/bootstrap/apps/helmfile.yaml b/kubernetes/bootstrap/apps/helmfile.yaml
index 0ffa80b59..e4d7c8038 100644
--- a/kubernetes/bootstrap/apps/helmfile.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/bootstrap/apps/helmfile.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ releases:
     namespace: external-secrets
     atomic: true
     chart: oci://ghcr.io/external-secrets/charts/external-secrets
-    version: 0.16.0
+    version: 0.16.1
     values: ['../../apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/app/helm/values.yaml']
     needs: ['cert-manager/cert-manager']