diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 58a7c053952a8b80019e96de6957e0977ef31aae..14448f0fa8ff6c1b2f096aa047f477a8395c64ac 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.3.19',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.5.0',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {