diff --git a/.image.env b/.image.env
index 4a01ec7ad2..f9b24aa610 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='0.20240826.153307-r0'
-RQLITE_TAG='8.29.5-r0'
+RQLITE_TAG='8.30.0-r0'
 DEX_TAG='2.41.1-r0'
 SCHEMAHERO_TAG='0.17.10'
 LVP_TAG='v0.6.7'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a50863bee..14cfd26af8 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 ?= 0.20240826.153307-r0
-RQLITE_TAG ?= 8.29.5-r0
+RQLITE_TAG ?= 8.30.0-r0
 DEX_TAG ?= 2.41.1-r0
 LVP_TAG ?= v0.6.7
 
diff --git a/pkg/image/constants.go b/pkg/image/constants.go
index 7dfd355b3e..cf2a45db3c 100644
--- a/pkg/image/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/image/constants.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package image
 
 const (
 	Minio      = "kotsadm/minio:0.20240826.153307-r0"
-	Rqlite     = "kotsadm/rqlite:8.29.5-r0"
+	Rqlite     = "kotsadm/rqlite:8.30.0-r0"
 	Dex        = "kotsadm/dex:2.41.1-r0"
 	Schemahero = "schemahero/schemahero:0.17.10"
 	Lvp        = "replicated/local-volume-provider:v0.6.7"