diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 01ba7c38acf843ebf8141ff95e29ce45a6587b66..4c9a5a8df3f2097bdfd46ef7f5d5c5e8d86caef0 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.6.7',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.6.9',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {