diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8cfe5030e..bce9bb38f 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:v20201028-g2c1279cd8@sha256:bd22e4f9bbf88aee527a86692be4442d03fa1ef2df94356312c9db8bec1f7ea3
+BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20201215-ga48ae4203@sha256:460be3452745c8bd944bee8435df962f53082e6f346b9f1742f6d803fe985ac4
 
 GOARCH=$(ARCH)