diff --git a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
index 383b22e3d..61e274318 100644
--- a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
+++ b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "==== Install nginx ===="
 apt-get -y install nginx-full
-[[ "$(nginx -v 2>&1)" == *"nginx/1.9."* ]] || die "Expecting nginx version to be 1.9.x"
+[[ "$(nginx -v 2>&1)" == *"nginx/1.10."* ]] || die "Expecting nginx version to be 1.10.x"
 
 echo "==== Install build-essential ===="
 apt-get -y install build-essential rcconf