diff --git a/ci/images/ci-image-jdk16/Dockerfile b/ci/images/ci-image-jdk16/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e648edbbcd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/images/ci-image-jdk16/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM ubuntu:focal-20210119
+
+ADD setup.sh /setup.sh
+ADD get-jdk-url.sh /get-jdk-url.sh
+ADD get-docker-url.sh /get-docker-url.sh
+RUN ./setup.sh java8 java16
+
+ENV JAVA_HOME /opt/openjdk
+ENV PATH $JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+ADD docker-lib.sh /docker-lib.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "switch", "shell=/bin/bash", "--", "codep", "/bin/docker daemon" ]
diff --git a/ci/images/get-jdk-url.sh b/ci/images/get-jdk-url.sh
index 02d6b8f88975..7a18ea6093b1 100755
--- a/ci/images/get-jdk-url.sh
+++ b/ci/images/get-jdk-url.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ case "$1" in
 	java15)
 		 echo "https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk15-binaries/releases/download/jdk-15.0.2%2B7/OpenJDK15U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_15.0.2_7.tar.gz"
 	;;
+	java16)
+		 echo "https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk16-binaries/releases/download/jdk16-2021-03-04-10-39/OpenJDK16-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_2021-03-04-10-39.tar.gz"
+	;;
   *)
 		echo $"Unknown java version"
 		exit 1
diff --git a/ci/images/setup.sh b/ci/images/setup.sh
index e2436a1c438b..ae07b52b03d6 100755
--- a/ci/images/setup.sh
+++ b/ci/images/setup.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ curl -L ${JDK_URL} | tar zx --strip-components=1
 test -f /opt/openjdk/bin/java
 test -f /opt/openjdk/bin/javac
 
+if [[ $# -eq 2 ]]; then
+	TOOLCHAIN_JDK_URL=$( ./get-jdk-url.sh $2 )
+
+	mkdir -p /opt/openjdk-toolchain
+	cd /opt/openjdk-toolchain
+	curl -L ${TOOLCHAIN_JDK_URL} | tar zx --strip-components=1
+	test -f /opt/openjdk-toolchain/bin/java
+	test -f /opt/openjdk-toolchain/bin/javac
+fi
 
 ###########################################################
 # DOCKER
diff --git a/ci/pipeline.yml b/ci/pipeline.yml
index 7c3b2943bfe4..2eab896b52b5 100644
--- a/ci/pipeline.yml
+++ b/ci/pipeline.yml
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ resources:
   source:
     <<: *registry-image-resource-source
     repository: ((docker-hub-organization))/spring-boot-ci-jdk15
+- name: ci-image-jdk16
+  type: registry-image
+  icon: docker
+  source:
+    <<: *registry-image-resource-source
+    repository: ((docker-hub-organization))/spring-boot-ci-jdk16
 - name: artifactory-repo
   type: artifactory-resource
   icon: package-variant
@@ -194,6 +200,14 @@ resources:
     access_token: ((github-ci-status-token))
     branch: ((branch))
     context: jdk15-build
+- name: repo-status-jdk16-build
+  type: github-status-resource
+  icon: eye-check-outline
+  source:
+    repository: ((github-repo-name))
+    access_token: ((github-ci-status-token))
+    branch: ((branch))
+    context: jdk16-build
 - name: slack-alert
   type: slack-notification
   icon: slack
@@ -243,6 +257,13 @@ jobs:
         image: ci-image-jdk15
       vars:
         ci-image-name: ci-image-jdk15
+    - task: build-ci-image-jdk16
+      privileged: true
+      file: git-repo/ci/tasks/build-ci-image.yml
+      output_mapping:
+        image: ci-image-jdk16
+      vars:
+        ci-image-name: ci-image-jdk16
   - in_parallel:
     - put: ci-image
       params:
@@ -253,6 +274,9 @@ jobs:
     - put: ci-image-jdk15
       params:
         image: ci-image-jdk15/image.tar
+    - put: ci-image-jdk16
+      params:
+        image: ci-image-jdk16/image.tar
 - name: detect-jdk-updates
   plan:
   - get: git-repo
@@ -278,6 +302,12 @@ jobs:
       params:
         <<: *github-task-params
         JDK_VERSION: java15
+    - task: detect-jdk16-update
+      image: ci-image
+      file: git-repo/ci/tasks/detect-jdk-updates.yml
+      params:
+        <<: *github-task-params
+        JDK_VERSION: java16
 - name: detect-ubuntu-image-updates
   plan:
   - get: git-repo
@@ -415,6 +445,31 @@ jobs:
     - put: slack-alert
       params:
        <<: *slack-success-params
+- name: jdk16-build
+  serial: true
+  public: true
+  plan:
+    - get: ci-image-jdk16
+    - get: git-repo
+      trigger: true
+    - put: repo-status-jdk16-build
+      params: { state: "pending", commit: "git-repo" }
+    - do:
+      - task: build-project
+        image: ci-image-jdk16
+        <<: *build-project-task-params
+      on_failure:
+        do:
+          - put: repo-status-jdk16-build
+            params: { state: "failure", commit: "git-repo" }
+          - put: slack-alert
+            params:
+              <<: *slack-fail-params
+    - put: repo-status-jdk16-build
+      params: { state: "success", commit: "git-repo" }
+    - put: slack-alert
+      params:
+       <<: *slack-success-params
 - name: windows-build
   serial: true
   plan:
@@ -638,7 +693,7 @@ jobs:
         repository: updated-homebrew-tap-repo
 groups:
 - name: "builds"
-  jobs: ["build", "jdk11-build", "jdk15-build", "windows-build"]
+  jobs: ["build", "jdk11-build", "jdk15-build", "jdk16-build", "windows-build"]
 - name: "releases"
   jobs: ["stage-milestone", "stage-rc", "stage-release", "promote-milestone", "promote-rc", "promote-release", "create-github-release", "publish-to-sdkman", "update-homebrew-tap"]
 - name: "ci-images"
diff --git a/ci/scripts/build-project.sh b/ci/scripts/build-project.sh
index 3844d1a3ddb4..726ea1a429e8 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/build-project.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/build-project.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@ source $(dirname $0)/common.sh
 repository=$(pwd)/distribution-repository
 
 pushd git-repo > /dev/null
-./gradlew -Dorg.gradle.internal.launcher.welcomeMessageEnabled=false --no-daemon --max-workers=4 -PdeploymentRepository=${repository} build publishAllPublicationsToDeploymentRepository
+if [[ -d /opt/openjdk-toolchain ]]; then
+  toolchain_java_version=$( ./$(dirname $0)/get-toolchain-java-version.sh )
+  ./gradlew -Dorg.gradle.internal.launcher.welcomeMessageEnabled=false --no-daemon --max-workers=4 -PdeploymentRepository=${repository} build publishAllPublicationsToDeploymentRepository -PtoolchainVersion=${toolchain_java_version} -Porg.gradle.java.installations.auto-detect=false -Porg.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=false -Porg.gradle.java.installations.paths=/opt/openjdk-toolchain/
+else
+  ./gradlew -Dorg.gradle.internal.launcher.welcomeMessageEnabled=false --no-daemon --max-workers=4 -PdeploymentRepository=${repository} build publishAllPublicationsToDeploymentRepository
+fi
 popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/ci/scripts/detect-jdk-updates.sh b/ci/scripts/detect-jdk-updates.sh
index 266d387b232e..bb135b3960d9 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/detect-jdk-updates.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/detect-jdk-updates.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ case "$JDK_VERSION" in
 		 BASE_URL="https://api.adoptopenjdk.net/v3/assets/feature_releases/15/ga"
 		 ISSUE_TITLE="Upgrade Java 15 version in CI image"
 	;;
+	java16)
+		 BASE_URL="https://api.adoptopenjdk.net/v3/assets/feature_releases/16/ea"
+		 ISSUE_TITLE="Upgrade Java 16 version in CI image"
+	;;
 	*)
 		echo $"Unknown java version"
 		exit 1;
diff --git a/ci/scripts/get-toolchain-java-version.sh b/ci/scripts/get-toolchain-java-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..1223f22ac7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/scripts/get-toolchain-java-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+/opt/openjdk-toolchain/bin/java -XshowSettings:properties -version 2>&1 | grep "java.specification.version" | awk '{split($0,parts,"="); print parts[2]}' | awk '{$1=$1;print}'