diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 8a63bfe330fd23ecabe2c6e1816055c99508ba7e..9ced4f37cf79a115031461a8378157094a1bf38e 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ COMPOSE_PROFILES="core,admin,servers,apps"
 # To use the same tagged version of all the Hive API node images,
 # set it here.  You can override the tags for individual images
 # below
-HIVE_API_NODE_VERSION=1.27.7rc15
+HIVE_API_NODE_VERSION=1.27.7rc16
 
 
 # Global settings