diff --git a/.image.env b/.image.env
index 2413c2daa7..8b587bcd84 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='0.20231101.183725-r1'
-RQLITE_TAG='8.17.0-r0'
-DEX_TAG='2.37.0-r12'
+RQLITE_TAG='8.18.1-r0'
+DEX_TAG='2.38.0-r0'
 SCHEMAHERO_TAG='0.17.2'
 LVP_TAG='v0.6.0'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b94047d857..04f40d882c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 include Makefile.build.mk
 CURRENT_USER := $(if $(GITHUB_USER),$(GITHUB_USER),$(shell id -u -n))
 MINIO_TAG ?= 0.20231101.183725-r1
-RQLITE_TAG ?= 8.17.0-r0
-DEX_TAG ?= 2.37.0-r12
+RQLITE_TAG ?= 8.18.1-r0
+DEX_TAG ?= 2.38.0-r0
 LVP_TAG ?= v0.6.0
 
 define sendMetrics
diff --git a/pkg/image/constants.go b/pkg/image/constants.go
index 1e30e14b0c..b417ab3fa2 100644
--- a/pkg/image/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/image/constants.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ package image
 
 const (
 	Minio      = "kotsadm/minio:0.20231101.183725-r1"
-	Rqlite     = "kotsadm/rqlite:8.17.0-r0"
-	Dex        = "kotsadm/dex:2.37.0-r12"
+	Rqlite     = "kotsadm/rqlite:8.18.1-r0"
+	Dex        = "kotsadm/dex:2.38.0-r0"
 	Schemahero = "schemahero/schemahero:0.17.2"
 	Lvp        = "replicated/local-volume-provider:v0.6.0"
 )