diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index c5f677d67e58a25c0cade291cc973e34574a39b8..8635b283bd3244896810818f78d559689fb70f5a 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:13.4.5',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:13.5.0',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {