diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 426337b9096f30689f4de504f99b694278752f50..cc61b28c9d951885ae36ad87e5c3d1fbfdaac910 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:9.15.0',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:9.16.0',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {