diff --git a/pretemplate/01-gitea-init b/pretemplate/01-gitea-init
index 9287f04..62f34eb 100755
--- a/pretemplate/01-gitea-init
+++ b/pretemplate/01-gitea-init
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ HOMEDIR="${WKDIR}/${USER}"
 OS="linux"
 ARCH="amd64"
 
-APPVERSION="1.13.2"
+APPVERSION="1.16.8"
 APPNAME="gitea"
 APPBINARY="gitea"
 APPSIG="7C9E68152594688862D62AF62D9AE806EC1592E2"