diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 190c04f098..c1d54df819 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PLATFORM		?= $(OS)/$(ARCH)
 PLATFORMS		?= linux/amd64 linux/arm64 windows/amd64
 OS_VERSION		?= ltsc2019
 
-HUBBLE_VERSION ?= v1.16.5 # This may be modified via the update-hubble GitHub Action
+HUBBLE_VERSION ?= v1.16.6
 
 CONTAINER_BUILDER ?= docker
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME ?= docker
diff --git a/controller/Dockerfile b/controller/Dockerfile
index a8ae7f8e6e..6b7d78041f 100644
--- a/controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/controller/Dockerfile
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ RUN arr="clang tcpdump ip ss iptables-legacy iptables-legacy-save iptables-nft i
 ARG GOARCH=amd64
 ENV HUBBLE_ARCH=${GOARCH}
 # ARG HUBBLE_VERSION may be modified via the update-hubble GitHub Action
-ARG HUBBLE_VERSION=v1.16.5
+ARG HUBBLE_VERSION=v1.16.6
 ENV HUBBLE_VERSION=${HUBBLE_VERSION}
 RUN echo "Hubble version: $HUBBLE_VERSION" && \
     wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/cilium/hubble/releases/download/$HUBBLE_VERSION/hubble-linux-${HUBBLE_ARCH}.tar.gz && \