diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index 0f87a8989d..5637f9b654 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ FROM golang:1.22-alpine@sha256:1a478681b671001b7f029f94b5016aed984a23ad99c707f6a
 
 
 ############################################# Base image for Alpine #############################################
-FROM nginx:1.27.0-alpine@sha256:208b70eefac13ee9be00e486f79c695b15cef861c680527171a27d253d834be9 AS alpine
+FROM nginx:1.27.1-alpine@sha256:c04c18adc2a407740a397c8407c011fc6c90026a9b65cceddef7ae5484360158 AS alpine
 
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=alpine-opentracing-lib,target=/tmp/ot/ \
 	apk add --no-cache libcap libstdc++ \
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=alpine-opentracing-lib,target=/tmp/ot/ \
 
 
 ############################################# Base image for Debian #############################################
-FROM nginx:1.27.0@sha256:98f8ec75657d21b924fe4f69b6b9bff2f6550ea48838af479d8894a852000e40 AS debian
+FROM nginx:1.27.1@sha256:1540e37eebb9abc5afa4256de1bade6542d50bf69b61b1dd855cb7804aaaf444 AS debian
 
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=opentracing-lib,target=/tmp/ot/ \
 	apt-get update \
diff --git a/build/dependencies/Dockerfile.ubi-ppc64le b/build/dependencies/Dockerfile.ubi-ppc64le
index 32ff828b5c..97f5171410 100644
--- a/build/dependencies/Dockerfile.ubi-ppc64le
+++ b/build/dependencies/Dockerfile.ubi-ppc64le
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.8
-FROM nginx:1.27.0@sha256:67682bda769fae1ccf5183192b8daf37b64cae99c6c3302650f6f8bf5f0f95df AS nginx
+FROM nginx:1.27.1@sha256:1540e37eebb9abc5afa4256de1bade6542d50bf69b61b1dd855cb7804aaaf444 AS nginx
 
 FROM redhat/ubi9:9.4@sha256:081c96d1b1c7cd1855722d01f1ca53360510443737b1eb33284c6c4c330e537c AS rpm-build
 ARG NGINX
diff --git a/docs/content/technical-specifications.md b/docs/content/technical-specifications.md
index 070117b85d..a51742f099 100644
--- a/docs/content/technical-specifications.md
+++ b/docs/content/technical-specifications.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ We test NGINX Ingress Controller on a range of Kubernetes platforms for each rel
 {{< bootstrap-table "table table-bordered table-striped table-responsive" >}}
 | NIC Version | Supported Kubernetes Version | NIC Helm Chart Version | NIC Operator Version | NGINX / NGINX Plus version |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| {{< nic-version >}} | 1.25 - 1.30 | {{< nic-helm-version >}} | {{< nic-operator-version >}} | 1.27.0 / R32 |
+| {{< nic-version >}} | 1.25 - 1.30 | {{< nic-helm-version >}} | {{< nic-operator-version >}} | 1.27.1 / R32 |
 | 3.5.2 | 1.23 - 1.30 | 1.2.2 | 2.2.2 | 1.27.0 / R32 |
 | 3.4.3 | 1.23 - 1.29 | 1.1.3 | 2.1.2 | 1.25.4 / R31 P1 |
 | 3.3.2 | 1.22 - 1.28 | 1.0.2 | 2.0.2 | 1.25.3 / R30 |
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ We provide the following Docker images, which include NGINX or NGINX Plus bundle
 
 ### Images with NGINX
 
-_All images include NGINX 1.27.0._
+_All images include NGINX 1.27.1._
 
 {{< bootstrap-table "table table-bordered table-responsive" >}}
 |<div style="width:200px">Name</div> | <div style="width:100px">Base image</div> | <div style="width:200px">Third-party modules</div> | DockerHub image | Architectures |
 | ---| --- | --- | --- | --- |
-|Alpine-based image | ``nginx:1.27.0-alpine``,<br>based on on ``alpine:3.20`` | NGINX OpenTracing module<br><br>OpenTracing library<br><br>OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger<br><br>Zipkin and Datadog | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:{{< nic-version >}}-alpine`` | arm/v7<br>arm64<br>amd64<br>ppc64le<br>s390x |
-|Debian-based image | ``nginx:1.27.0``,<br>based on on ``debian:12-slim`` | NGINX OpenTracing module<br><br>OpenTracing library<br><br>OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger<br><br>Zipkin and Datadog | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:{{< nic-version >}}`` | arm/v7<br>arm64<br>amd64<br>ppc64le<br>s390x |
+|Alpine-based image | ``nginx:1.27.1-alpine``,<br>based on on ``alpine:3.20`` | NGINX OpenTracing module<br><br>OpenTracing library<br><br>OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger<br><br>Zipkin and Datadog | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:{{< nic-version >}}-alpine`` | arm/v7<br>arm64<br>amd64<br>ppc64le<br>s390x |
+|Debian-based image | ``nginx:1.27.1``,<br>based on on ``debian:12-slim`` | NGINX OpenTracing module<br><br>OpenTracing library<br><br>OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger<br><br>Zipkin and Datadog | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:{{< nic-version >}}`` | arm/v7<br>arm64<br>amd64<br>ppc64le<br>s390x |
 |Ubi-based image | ``redhat/ubi9-minimal`` | | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:{{< nic-version >}}-ubi`` | arm64<br>amd64<br>ppc64le<br>s390x |
 {{% /bootstrap-table %}}
 
diff --git a/examples/custom-resources/api-key/README.md b/examples/custom-resources/api-key/README.md
index c1ca8c0922..ba3093f07e 100644
--- a/examples/custom-resources/api-key/README.md
+++ b/examples/custom-resources/api-key/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ curl -k --resolve cafe.example.com:$IC_HTTPS_PORT:$IC_IP -H "X-header-name: wron
 <head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head>
 <body>
 <center><h1>403 Forbidden</h1></center>
-<hr><center>nginx/1.27.0</center>
+<hr><center>nginx/1.27.1</center>
 </body>
 </html>
 ```