diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index e805d56..00cd449 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cd server
 # the tags of the TensorRT-LLM backend and Python backend repositories that will
 # be used to build the container.
 TRTLLM_BASE_IMAGE=${TRTLLM_BASE_IMAGE:-trtllm_base}
-TENSORRTLLM_BACKEND_REPO_TAG=${TENSORRTLLM_BACKEND_REPO_TAG:-v0.15.0}
+TENSORRTLLM_BACKEND_REPO_TAG=${TENSORRTLLM_BACKEND_REPO_TAG:-v0.16.0}
 PYTHON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG=${PYTHON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG:-r24.11}
 
 TRITON_GITHUB_ORGANIZATION=${TRITON_GITHUB_ORGANIZATION:-}