diff --git a/hack/release.toml b/hack/release.toml
index 38166f90ec..7c469d0b7e 100644
--- a/hack/release.toml
+++ b/hack/release.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ preface = """\
         title = "Component Updates"
         description = """\
 Linux: 6.1.46
+CoreDNS: v1.11.1
 
 Talos is built with Go 1.21.
 """
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
index 6bccc588e5..d45af9faea 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultCoreDNSVersion is the default version for the CoreDNS.
 	// renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=coredns/coredns
-	DefaultCoreDNSVersion = "v1.10.1"
+	DefaultCoreDNSVersion = "v1.11.1"
 
 	// LabelNodeRoleControlPlane is the node label required by a control plane node.
 	LabelNodeRoleControlPlane = "node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane"
diff --git a/website/content/v1.6/reference/configuration.md b/website/content/v1.6/reference/configuration.md
index e2f04916aa..26b120054f 100644
--- a/website/content/v1.6/reference/configuration.md
+++ b/website/content/v1.6/reference/configuration.md
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ etcd:
 {{< /highlight >}}</details> | |
 |`coreDNS` |<a href="#coredns">CoreDNS</a> |Core DNS specific configuration options. <details><summary>Show example(s)</summary>{{< highlight yaml >}}
 coreDNS:
-    image: registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.10.1 # The `image` field is an override to the default coredns image.
+    image: registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.11.1 # The `image` field is an override to the default coredns image.
 {{< /highlight >}}</details> | |
 |`externalCloudProvider` |<a href="#externalcloudproviderconfig">ExternalCloudProviderConfig</a> |External cloud provider configuration. <details><summary>Show example(s)</summary>{{< highlight yaml >}}
 externalCloudProvider:
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ Appears in:
 
 
 {{< highlight yaml >}}
-image: registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.10.1 # The `image` field is an override to the default coredns image.
+image: registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.11.1 # The `image` field is an override to the default coredns image.
 {{< /highlight >}}