diff --git a/doc/source/operators/multi-distro-support.rst b/doc/source/operators/multi-distro-support.rst
index 55ff29c1..56ff7fbe 100644
--- a/doc/source/operators/multi-distro-support.rst
+++ b/doc/source/operators/multi-distro-support.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Multiple Distro Support
 =======================
 
 This project builds images for Deckhand component only. Currently, it
-supports building images for ubuntu and opensuse ( leap 15.0 as base image).
+supports building images for ubuntu and opensuse ( leap 15.1 as base image).
 
 By default, Ubuntu images are built and are published to public registry
 server. Recently support for publishing opensuse image has been added.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ can be passed to the *make* command in deckhand repository's root
 directory with *images* as target::
 
     DISTRO: opensuse_15
-    DISTRO_BASE_IMAGE: "opensuse/leap:15.0"
+    DISTRO_BASE_IMAGE: "opensuse/leap:15.1"
     DOCKER_REGISTRY: { your_docker_registry }
     IMAGE_TAG: latest
     PUSH_IMAGE: false
diff --git a/images/deckhand/Dockerfile.opensuse_15 b/images/deckhand/Dockerfile.opensuse_15
index e6ab8967..365db90b 100644
--- a/images/deckhand/Dockerfile.opensuse_15
+++ b/images/deckhand/Dockerfile.opensuse_15
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-ARG FROM=opensuse/leap:15.0
+ARG FROM=opensuse/leap:15.1
 FROM ${FROM}
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors='airship-discuss@lists.airshipit.org, irc://#airshipit@freenode'