diff --git a/flux2/apps/monitoring/promtail-release.yaml b/flux2/apps/monitoring/promtail-release.yaml
index f3f8417da191a946be0b294e6b4525b5c2cd692b..1a5a22c9056633d552e86302728989ee203b29bc 100644
--- a/flux2/apps/monitoring/promtail-release.yaml
+++ b/flux2/apps/monitoring/promtail-release.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
       # https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/grafana/promtail
       # renovate: registryUrl=https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
       chart: promtail
-      version: 3.6.0
+      version: 3.8.1
       sourceRef:
         kind: HelmRepository
         name: grafana