diff --git a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ollama/src/main/resources/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ollama/services/container.properties b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ollama/src/main/resources/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ollama/services/container.properties
index a36d1009bc753..149fb5f49ae06 100644
--- a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ollama/src/main/resources/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ollama/services/container.properties
+++ b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ollama/src/main/resources/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ollama/services/container.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 ## limitations under the License.
 ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ollama.container=mirror.gcr.io/ollama/ollama:0.12.5
+ollama.container=mirror.gcr.io/ollama/ollama:0.16.1
 ollama.container.ppc64le=icr.io/ppc64le-oss/ollama-ppc64le:v0.13.1
 ollama.container.version.exclude=rocm
 ollama.model=granite4:3b