diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index cf88ff223ba39c4e1f6c0fc258c9c2c261a791d3..17caac96111a8401962515b607b9732cfe8e9ea4 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:13.7.17',
+    default: 'ghcr.io/containerbase/sidecar:13.7.18',
     globalOnly: true,
   },
   {