diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 723809ac28e2bdca5ecf898eb86ee51e57208ac2..570cfabce768f21a70149aa3f6a453a9711f0f7c 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:13.7.19',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:13.8.0',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {