diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 86cc26121e22..04133ffb6d87 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 ubuntu:jammy-*
-ARG UBUNTU_JAMMY_IMAGE="ubuntu:jammy-20231211.1"
+ARG UBUNTU_JAMMY_IMAGE="ubuntu:jammy-20240212"
 # multi-stage docker build so we can build auto-pause for arm64
 FROM golang:1.22.0 as auto-pause
 WORKDIR /src
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index cdcb82428b3f..d29af9867ee1 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 = "v0.0.42-1708008208-17936"
+	Version = "v0.0.42-1708944392-18244"
 
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "4ea1136332ba1476cda33a97bf12e2f96995cc120674fbafd3ade22d1118ecdf"
+	baseImageSHA = "8610dac8144c3f59a6cf50871eb10395cea122e148262744231a04c396033b08"
 	// 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 f4cbf83d4159..7066002b7e6a 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:v0.0.42-1708008208-17936@sha256:4ea1136332ba1476cda33a97bf12e2f96995cc120674fbafd3ade22d1118ecdf")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.42-1708944392-18244@sha256:8610dac8144c3f59a6cf50871eb10395cea122e148262744231a04c396033b08")
       --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)