diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index ded1bd36027fb85f52429b6ed90dea153d491960..ccdef64f89a908e39e1aaf592cdadfd3cfa35e0b 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:9.23.11',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:9.23.12',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {