diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-nytimes/metadata.yaml b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-nytimes/metadata.yaml
index c0f261d92b98..ff0eb2f44b88 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-nytimes/metadata.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-nytimes/metadata.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ data:
     ql: 100
     sl: 100
   connectorBuildOptions:
-    baseImage: docker.io/airbyte/python-connector-base:1.2.0@sha256:c22a9d97464b69d6ef01898edf3f8612dc11614f05a84984451dde195f337db9
+    baseImage: docker.io/airbyte/python-connector-base:1.2.1@sha256:4a4255e2bccab71fa5912487e42d9755cdecffae77273fed8be01a081cd6e795
   connectorSubtype: api
   connectorType: source
   definitionId: 0fae6a9a-04eb-44d4-96e1-e02d3dbc1d83