diff --git a/.image.env b/.image.env
index 20daa46637..8a02fb81be 100644
--- a/.image.env
+++ b/.image.env
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # most recent tag is interpolated from the source repository and used to generate a fully qualified image
 # name.
 MINIO_TAG='0.20231220.010002-r2'
-RQLITE_TAG='8.21.2-r0'
+RQLITE_TAG='8.21.3-r0'
 DEX_TAG='2.38.0-r0'
 SCHEMAHERO_TAG='0.17.5'
 LVP_TAG='v0.6.0'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f5b9f9689..e8285f33b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include Makefile.build.mk
 CURRENT_USER := $(if $(GITHUB_USER),$(GITHUB_USER),$(shell id -u -n))
 MINIO_TAG ?= 0.20231220.010002-r2
-RQLITE_TAG ?= 8.21.2-r0
+RQLITE_TAG ?= 8.21.3-r0
 DEX_TAG ?= 2.38.0-r0
 LVP_TAG ?= v0.6.0
 
diff --git a/pkg/image/constants.go b/pkg/image/constants.go
index ce827ff592..db4e98a3c2 100644
--- a/pkg/image/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/image/constants.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package image
 
 const (
 	Minio      = "kotsadm/minio:0.20231220.010002-r2"
-	Rqlite     = "kotsadm/rqlite:8.21.2-r0"
+	Rqlite     = "kotsadm/rqlite:8.21.3-r0"
 	Dex        = "kotsadm/dex:2.38.0-r0"
 	Schemahero = "schemahero/schemahero:0.17.5"
 	Lvp        = "replicated/local-volume-provider:v0.6.0"