The default version for NGINX will be updated to 1.21.x in the first release of the Staticfile buildpack after 2021-07-09.
We are giving a 30 day notice to inform users that the default version of NGINX in the Staticfile buildpack will be updated to the latest 1.21.x version in the first release of the Staticfile buildpack after 2021-07-09.
As always, the buildpacks team is happy to answer questions you may have about this deprecation in the #buildpacks Slack channel[1].
