diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index b81b880db362416a34a3cf761535c48c436b8641..4b441f962d47707a21cd66f132e4b855b687a54a 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.2.0',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.2.1',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {