diff --git a/cmd/image-syncer/external-images.yaml b/cmd/image-syncer/external-images.yaml
index 68803a7a781d..e3fa700846b6 100644
--- a/cmd/image-syncer/external-images.yaml
+++ b/cmd/image-syncer/external-images.yaml
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ images:
     tag: "3.12.6-alpine3.20"
   - source: "python@sha256:11d30cce970c40aee8e993d302a15f8bc8204ecab7af1bae26b3fd00eb75ada2"
     tag: "3.12-slim-bullseye"
-  - source: "fluent/fluent-bit@sha256:2113721429a144d504a148a0b14ec082ad28782b99ba55d5df0dde276ae22bc3"
-    tag: "3.1.8" # used by the kyma telemetry module
+  - source: "fluent/fluent-bit@sha256:4af3920cc2ff976200e0fc09f23e7ca4ee7d4477a6d592cb496fc39378181b02"
+    tag: "3.1.9" # used by the kyma telemetry module
   - source: "node@sha256:ba898e86c2cc720c8cf2ae05f8d2d4697fe0c8ca3e920d6fbf14a6cbf50bb9ca"
     tag: "alpine3.20"
   - source: "moby/buildkit:v0.15.2-rootless"