diff --git a/components/image-controller/staging/base/kustomization.yaml b/components/image-controller/staging/base/kustomization.yaml
index cfd090d0d8c..f9f72e4542d 100644
--- a/components/image-controller/staging/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/image-controller/staging/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ kind: Kustomization
 resources:
 - ../../base
 - ../../base/external-secrets
-- https://github.com/konflux-ci/image-controller/config/default?ref=5b44f8dd00fca244daa7ebb11a610abbf68d3e5a
+- https://github.com/konflux-ci/image-controller/config/default?ref=8845d94392d509ad59d33438acb42695f173bd02
 
 images:
 - name: quay.io/konflux-ci/image-controller
   newName: quay.io/konflux-ci/image-controller
-  newTag: 5b44f8dd00fca244daa7ebb11a610abbf68d3e5a
+  newTag: 8845d94392d509ad59d33438acb42695f173bd02
 
 namespace: image-controller