diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bce9bb38f..f4d391623 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ endif
 
 REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx
 
-BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201215-ga48ae4203@sha256:460be3452745c8bd944bee8435df962f53082e6f346b9f1742f6d803fe985ac4
+BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201226-g944d36fdb@sha256:b92a94876aa3795480b1b3076f6feea1e93b015bcf052ff517f3a6827a72b9ef
 
 GOARCH=$(ARCH)
 
diff --git a/images/echo/Makefile b/images/echo/Makefile
index f45a76467..e2740aa21 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:v20201215-ga48ae4203@sha256:460be3452745c8bd944bee8435df962f53082e6f346b9f1742f6d803fe985ac4 \
+		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201226-g944d36fdb@sha256:b92a94876aa3795480b1b3076f6feea1e93b015bcf052ff517f3a6827a72b9ef \
 		--build-arg LUAROCKS_VERSION=3.3.1 \
 		--build-arg LUAROCKS_SHA=837481e408f7c06b59befe7ec194537c657687d624894bca7f79034302141a34 \
 		-t $(IMAGE):$(TAG) rootfs
diff --git a/images/nginx/README.md b/images/nginx/README.md
index c6fe10efd..acfb515f3 100644
--- a/images/nginx/README.md
+++ b/images/nginx/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This image provides a default configuration file with no backend servers.
 _Using docker_
 
 ```console
-docker run -v /some/nginx.con:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201215-ga48ae4203@sha256:460be3452745c8bd944bee8435df962f53082e6f346b9f1742f6d803fe985ac4
+docker run -v /some/nginx.con:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201226-g944d36fdb@sha256:b92a94876aa3795480b1b3076f6feea1e93b015bcf052ff517f3a6827a72b9ef
 ```
 
 _Creating a replication controller_
diff --git a/images/nginx/rc.yaml b/images/nginx/rc.yaml
index a840486c4..fda7bb30f 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:v20201215-ga48ae4203@sha256:460be3452745c8bd944bee8435df962f53082e6f346b9f1742f6d803fe985ac4
+          image: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201226-g944d36fdb@sha256:b92a94876aa3795480b1b3076f6feea1e93b015bcf052ff517f3a6827a72b9ef
           ports:
             - containerPort: 80
             - containerPort: 443
diff --git a/images/test-runner/Makefile b/images/test-runner/Makefile
index b7fa02ec8..7c8f7ab0f 100644
--- a/images/test-runner/Makefile
+++ b/images/test-runner/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ build: ensure-buildx
 		--platform=${PLATFORMS} $(OUTPUT) \
 		--progress=$(PROGRESS) \
 		--pull \
-		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201215-ga48ae4203@sha256:460be3452745c8bd944bee8435df962f53082e6f346b9f1742f6d803fe985ac4 \
+		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201226-g944d36fdb@sha256:b92a94876aa3795480b1b3076f6feea1e93b015bcf052ff517f3a6827a72b9ef \
 		--build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=1.15.6 \
 		--build-arg ETCD_VERSION=3.4.3-0 \
 		--build-arg K8S_RELEASE=v1.19.4 \
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
index a2a8bd180..b5efd02f8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (f *Framework) NGINXWithConfigDeployment(name string, cfg string) {
 	}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err, "creating configmap")
 
-	deployment := newDeployment(name, f.Namespace, "k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201215-ga48ae4203@sha256:460be3452745c8bd944bee8435df962f53082e6f346b9f1742f6d803fe985ac4", 80, 1,
+	deployment := newDeployment(name, f.Namespace, "k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201226-g944d36fdb@sha256:b92a94876aa3795480b1b3076f6feea1e93b015bcf052ff517f3a6827a72b9ef", 80, 1,
 		nil,
 		[]corev1.VolumeMount{
 			{