diff --git a/images/nginx/Makefile b/images/nginx/Makefile
index da1bcd76a..7593b2572 100644
--- a/images/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/images/nginx/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # 0.0.0 shouldn't clobber any released builds
-TAG ?= 0.51
+TAG ?= 0.52
 REGISTRY ?= quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller
 ARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 DOCKER ?= docker
diff --git a/images/nginx/build.sh b/images/nginx/build.sh
index 70b974742..323d9f782 100755
--- a/images/nginx/build.sh
+++ b/images/nginx/build.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-export NGINX_VERSION=1.13.12
-export NDK_VERSION=0.3.0
+export NGINX_VERSION=1.15.0
+export NDK_VERSION=0.3.1rc1
 export SETMISC_VERSION=0.31
 export STICKY_SESSIONS_VERSION=08a395c66e42
 export MORE_HEADERS_VERSION=0.33
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ mkdir --verbose -p "$BUILD_PATH"
 cd "$BUILD_PATH"
 
 # download, verify and extract the source files
-get_src fb92f5602cdb8d3ab1ad47dbeca151b185d62eedb67d347bbe9d79c1438c85de \
+get_src b0b58c9a3fd73aa8b89edf5cfadc6641a352e0e6d3071db1eb3215d72b7fb516 \
         "http://nginx.org/download/nginx-$NGINX_VERSION.tar.gz"
 
-get_src 88e05a99a8a7419066f5ae75966fb1efc409bad4522d14986da074554ae61619 \
+get_src 49f50d4cd62b166bc1aaf712febec5e028d9f187cedbc27a610dfd01bdde2d36 \
         "https://github.com/simpl/ngx_devel_kit/archive/v$NDK_VERSION.tar.gz"
 
 get_src 97946a68937b50ab8637e1a90a13198fe376d801dc3e7447052e43c28e9ee7de \