diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52a4ae36d9..91a5205676 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- chore: update the Telegraf image to 1.21.2 [#2036][#2036]
 - chore: update setup image to 3.2.0 [#2020][#2020]
 - chore: update kubernetes-tools to 2.9.0 [#2013][#2013]
 - chore: bump Thanos image to our build of v0.23.1 [#1973][#1973]
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#2025]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-collection/pull/2025
 [#2024]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-collection/pull/2024
 [#2033]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-collection/pull/2024
+[#2036]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-collection/pull/2036
 
 ## [v2.3.2][v2_3_2]
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
index 489a62e336..44a3a090f8 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
@@ -4375,7 +4375,7 @@ otellogs:
 telegraf-operator:
   enabled: false
   image:
-    sidecarImage: public.ecr.aws/sumologic/telegraf:1.14.4
+    sidecarImage: public.ecr.aws/sumologic/telegraf:1.21.2
   replicaCount: 1
   classes:
     secretName: "telegraf-operator-classes"