diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index e06887ede3f56352ee4ab83e1a7923e98d16db6a..c4cfc57a7780cb9fd6310f8c048f1e293486e210 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description:
       'Change this value to override the default Renovate sidecar image.',
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.15.6',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:10.16.0',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {