diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index c60300da0bc4b446e112348735046d4a8f998ab3..6360d41d592d5dc4718c60fc5a38be526b4d9e6d 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.5.2',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.6.0',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {