diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 67d121079851ff90af55ad5076e89b1a967c2e3f..4b5e64c8765f5167807b4e0ba0b4b83eb2f91c7b 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:11.11.37',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:11.11.38',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {