diff --git a/config/software/fluentd.rb b/config/software/fluentd.rb
index 184f621c..335cfd5d 100644
--- a/config/software/fluentd.rb
+++ b/config/software/fluentd.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # and
 # https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-fluentd/blob/master/windows-installer/generate_sdl_agent_exe.ps1
 #
-# fluentd v1.13.3.
-default_version '12de3b5a260a174fe4a419036d6e2b2e18fe7497'
+# fluentd v1.16.2.
+default_version 'd5685ada81ac89a35a79965f1e94bbe5952a5d3a'
 
 dependency "ruby"
 #dependency "bundler"
diff --git a/windows-installer/generate_sdl_agent_exe.ps1 b/windows-installer/generate_sdl_agent_exe.ps1
index d5a3e0d1..1f507c20 100644
--- a/windows-installer/generate_sdl_agent_exe.ps1
+++ b/windows-installer/generate_sdl_agent_exe.ps1
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ $plugin_gems_rb = $SRC_ROOT + '\plugin_gems.rb'
 # https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/fluent-plugin-google-cloud/blob/master/fluent-plugin-google-cloud.gemspec
 # and
 # https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-fluentd/blob/master/config/software/fluentd.rb
-& $GEM_CMD install fluentd:1.13.3 --no-document
+& $GEM_CMD install fluentd:1.16.2 --no-document
 & $RUBY_EXE $gem_installer $core_gems_rb
 & $RUBY_EXE $gem_installer $plugin_gems_rb