diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 7051a951ba6b55cb933402e0ae174b332b829597..051c0c211967e18a69cb43dc72a2a9f97ca0370f 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:9.8.0',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:9.8.1',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {