diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 59c9456fd219..6e4378dfa55f 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 # this ARG needs to be global to use it in `FROM` & is updated for new versions of debian:bookworm-slim-*
-ARG KICBASE_IMAGE="debian:bookworm-20250908-slim"
+ARG KICBASE_IMAGE="debian:bookworm-20250929-slim"
 # multi-stage docker build so we can build auto-pause for arm64
 FROM golang:1.24.6 AS auto-pause
 WORKDIR /src
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index a89f88b5d21e..72d3d9e16f4f 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// Version is the current version of kic
-	Version = "v0.0.48-1760609789-21757"
+	Version = "v0.0.48-1760776164-21769"
 
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "9824b20f4774128fcb298ad0e6cac7649729886cfba9d444b2305c743a5044c6"
+	baseImageSHA = "6dd92e2ec05675e85970e4f3aa3034bba96b791e76b79dbf06046abd6bcf58f1"
 	// The name of the GCR kicbase repository
 	gcrRepo = "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds"
 	// The name of the Dockerhub kicbase repository
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
index d7f812ebc274..a1bff5aa7eed 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ minikube start [flags]
       --apiserver-port int                The apiserver listening port (default 8443)
       --auto-pause-interval duration      Duration of inactivity before the minikube VM is paused (default 1m0s) (default 1m0s)
       --auto-update-drivers               If set, automatically updates drivers to the latest version. Defaults to true. (default true)
-      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.48-1760609789-21757@sha256:9824b20f4774128fcb298ad0e6cac7649729886cfba9d444b2305c743a5044c6")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.48-1760776164-21769@sha256:6dd92e2ec05675e85970e4f3aa3034bba96b791e76b79dbf06046abd6bcf58f1")
       --binary-mirror string              Location to fetch kubectl, kubelet, & kubeadm binaries from.
       --cache-images                      If true, cache docker images for the current bootstrapper and load them into the machine. Always false with --driver=none. (default true)
       --cert-expiration duration          Duration until minikube certificate expiration, defaults to three years (26280h). (default 26280h0m0s)