diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58a3e95c5..935035e27 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ endif
 
 REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx
 
-BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:5402d35663917ccbbf77ff48a22b8c6f77097f48@sha256:ec8a104df307f5c6d68157b7ac8e5e1e2c2f0ea07ddf25bb1c6c43c67e351180
+BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:81c2afd975a6f9a9847184472286044d7d5296f6@sha256:a71ac64dd8cfd68341ba47dbdc4d8c2cb91325fce669875193ea0319118201b5
 
 GOARCH=$(ARCH)
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/customization/custom-errors/custom-default-backend.yaml b/docs/examples/customization/custom-errors/custom-default-backend.yaml
index 4b40d36e7..70dc91681 100644
--- a/docs/examples/customization/custom-errors/custom-default-backend.yaml
+++ b/docs/examples/customization/custom-errors/custom-default-backend.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: nginx-error-server
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx-errors:0.48.1
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx-errors:0.49.0
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
         # Setting the environment variable DEBUG we can see the headers sent 
diff --git a/images/echo/Makefile b/images/echo/Makefile
index 01d532731..e4f3d7861 100644
--- a/images/echo/Makefile
+++ b/images/echo/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ build: ensure-buildx
 		--platform=${PLATFORMS} $(OUTPUT) \
 		--progress=$(PROGRESS) \
 		--pull \
-		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:5402d35663917ccbbf77ff48a22b8c6f77097f48@sha256:ec8a104df307f5c6d68157b7ac8e5e1e2c2f0ea07ddf25bb1c6c43c67e351180 \
+		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:81c2afd975a6f9a9847184472286044d7d5296f6@sha256:a71ac64dd8cfd68341ba47dbdc4d8c2cb91325fce669875193ea0319118201b5 \
 		--build-arg LUAROCKS_VERSION=3.8.0 \
 		--build-arg LUAROCKS_SHA=ab6612ca9ab87c6984871d2712d05525775e8b50172701a0a1cabddf76de2be7 \
 		-t $(IMAGE):$(TAG) rootfs
diff --git a/images/nginx/README.md b/images/nginx/README.md
index 8bd1469dd..58323cdd0 100644
--- a/images/nginx/README.md
+++ b/images/nginx/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ This image provides a default configuration file with no backend servers.
 _Using docker_
 
 ```console
-docker run -v /some/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:5402d35663917ccbbf77ff48a22b8c6f77097f48@sha256:ec8a104df307f5c6d68157b7ac8e5e1e2c2f0ea07ddf25bb1c6c43c67e351180
+docker run -v /some/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:81c2afd975a6f9a9847184472286044d7d5296f6@sha256:a71ac64dd8cfd68341ba47dbdc4d8c2cb91325fce669875193ea0319118201b5
 ```
 
diff --git a/images/nginx/rc.yaml b/images/nginx/rc.yaml
index cf9c59d15..43dbff1a6 100644
--- a/images/nginx/rc.yaml
+++ b/images/nginx/rc.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: nginx
-          image: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:5402d35663917ccbbf77ff48a22b8c6f77097f48@sha256:ec8a104df307f5c6d68157b7ac8e5e1e2c2f0ea07ddf25bb1c6c43c67e351180
+          image: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:81c2afd975a6f9a9847184472286044d7d5296f6@sha256:a71ac64dd8cfd68341ba47dbdc4d8c2cb91325fce669875193ea0319118201b5
           ports:
             - containerPort: 80
             - containerPort: 443
diff --git a/images/test-runner/Makefile b/images/test-runner/Makefile
index 038d689b7..e6e047e6c 100644
--- a/images/test-runner/Makefile
+++ b/images/test-runner/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ REGISTRY ?= local
 
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/e2e-test-runner
 
-NGINX_BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:5402d35663917ccbbf77ff48a22b8c6f77097f48@sha256:ec8a104df307f5c6d68157b7ac8e5e1e2c2f0ea07ddf25bb1c6c43c67e351180
+NGINX_BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:81c2afd975a6f9a9847184472286044d7d5296f6@sha256:a71ac64dd8cfd68341ba47dbdc4d8c2cb91325fce669875193ea0319118201b5
 
 # required to enable buildx
 export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
index ae243255f..4338252ff 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const SlowEchoService = "slow-echo"
 const HTTPBinService = "httpbin"
 
 // NginxBaseImage use for testing
-const NginxBaseImage = "k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:5402d35663917ccbbf77ff48a22b8c6f77097f48@sha256:ec8a104df307f5c6d68157b7ac8e5e1e2c2f0ea07ddf25bb1c6c43c67e351180"
+const NginxBaseImage = "k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:81c2afd975a6f9a9847184472286044d7d5296f6@sha256:a71ac64dd8cfd68341ba47dbdc4d8c2cb91325fce669875193ea0319118201b5"
 
 type deploymentOptions struct {
 	namespace string