diff --git a/bootstrap/templates/kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/talconfig.yaml.j2 b/bootstrap/templates/kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/talconfig.yaml.j2
index bc5e3edf..1c1284dd 100644
--- a/bootstrap/templates/kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/talconfig.yaml.j2
+++ b/bootstrap/templates/kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/talconfig.yaml.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/budimanjojo/talhelper/master/pkg/config/schemas/talconfig.json
 ---
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer
-talosVersion: v1.8.0
+talosVersion: v1.8.1
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=ghcr.io/siderolabs/kubelet
 kubernetesVersion: v1.31.1