diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 4adbd14ccbcbfc620b0ed9f434c71012a4735eeb..5824df5d87c40d7b6663c7269171350d1a0e7da4 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:9.30.0',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:9.30.2',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {