diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3583c132b0..00e087f223 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ GIT_TAG = $(shell git describe --exact-match --tags || echo untagged)
 VERSION = $(VER)-SNAPSHOT
 NGINX_OSS_VERSION             ?= 1.29
 NGINX_PLUS_VERSION            ?= R35
+NGINX_AGENT_VERSION           ?= 3.3
 PLUS_ARGS = --build-arg NGINX_PLUS_VERSION=$(NGINX_PLUS_VERSION) --secret id=nginx-repo.crt,src=nginx-repo.crt --secret id=nginx-repo.key,src=nginx-repo.key
 
 # Variables that can be overridden
@@ -136,19 +137,19 @@ build-goreleaser: ## Build Ingress Controller binary using GoReleaser
 
 .PHONY: debian-image
 debian-image: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Debian)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) --build-arg BUILD_OS=debian --build-arg NGINX_OSS_VERSION=$(NGINX_OSS_VERSION)
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) --build-arg BUILD_OS=debian --build-arg NGINX_OSS_VERSION=$(NGINX_OSS_VERSION) --build-arg NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=$(NGINX_AGENT_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: alpine-image
 alpine-image: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Alpine)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) --build-arg BUILD_OS=alpine --build-arg NGINX_OSS_VERSION=$(NGINX_OSS_VERSION)
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) --build-arg BUILD_OS=alpine --build-arg NGINX_OSS_VERSION=$(NGINX_OSS_VERSION) --build-arg NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=$(NGINX_AGENT_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: alpine-image-plus
 alpine-image-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Alpine with NGINX Plus)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=alpine-plus
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=alpine-plus --build-arg NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=$(NGINX_AGENT_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: alpine-image-plus-fips
 alpine-image-plus-fips: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Alpine with NGINX Plus and FIPS)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=alpine-plus-fips
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=alpine-plus-fips --build-arg NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=$(NGINX_AGENT_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: alpine-image-nap-plus-fips
 alpine-image-nap-plus-fips: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Alpine with NGINX Plus, NGINX App Protect WAF and FIPS)
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ alpine-image-nap-v5-plus-fips: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controll
 
 .PHONY: debian-image-plus
 debian-image-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Debian with NGINX Plus)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=debian-plus
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=debian-plus --build-arg NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=$(NGINX_AGENT_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: debian-image-nap-plus
 debian-image-nap-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Debian with NGINX Plus and NGINX App Protect WAF)
@@ -181,11 +182,11 @@ debian-image-nap-dos-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (
 
 .PHONY: ubi-image
 ubi-image: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (UBI)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) --build-arg BUILD_OS=ubi --build-arg NGINX_OSS_VERSION=$(NGINX_OSS_VERSION)
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) --build-arg BUILD_OS=ubi --build-arg NGINX_OSS_VERSION=$(NGINX_OSS_VERSION) --build-arg NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=$(NGINX_AGENT_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: ubi-image-plus
 ubi-image-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (UBI with NGINX Plus)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=ubi-9-plus
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=ubi-9-plus --build-arg NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=$(NGINX_AGENT_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: ubi-image-nap-plus
 ubi-image-nap-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (UBI with NGINX Plus and NGINX App Protect WAF)
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index d7f6680acb..e2c9b177d2 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ARG BUILD_OS=debian
 ARG NGINX_OSS_VERSION=1.29
 ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION=R35
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=3.3
 ARG DOWNLOAD_TAG=edge
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG PREBUILT_BASE_IMG=nginx/nginx-ingress:${DOWNLOAD_TAG}
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ USER 101
 FROM nginx:1.29.1-alpine3.22@sha256:42a516af16b852e33b7682d5ef8acbd5d13fe08fecadc7ed98605ba5e3b26ab8 AS alpine
 ARG PACKAGE_REPO
 ARG NGINX_OSS_VERSION
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION
 
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.rsa.pub,target=/etc/apk/keys/nginx_signing.rsa.pub \
 	--mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=user_agent,target=/tmp/user_agent \
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.rsa.pub,target=/etc/apk
 	&& export $(cat /tmp/user_agent) \
 	&& printf "%s%s%s\n" "http://packages.nginx.org/nginx/mainline/alpine/v" `egrep -o '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' /etc/alpine-release` "/main" >> /etc/apk/repositories \
 	&& printf "%s%s%s\n" "http://packages.nginx.org/nginx-agent/alpine/v" `egrep -o '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' /etc/alpine-release` "/main" >> /etc/apk/repositories \
-	&& apk add --no-cache nginx-module-otel~${NGINX_OSS_VERSION} nginx-agent~3.2 \
+	&& apk add --no-cache nginx-module-otel~${NGINX_OSS_VERSION} nginx-agent~${NGINX_AGENT_VERSION} \
 	&& ldconfig /usr/local/lib/ \
 	&& agent.sh \
 	&& sed -i -e '/nginx.org/d' /etc/apk/repositories
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.rsa.pub,target=/etc/apk
 
 ############################################# Base image for Debian #############################################
 FROM nginx:1.29.1@sha256:33e0bbc7ca9ecf108140af6288c7c9d1ecc77548cbfd3952fd8466a75edefe57 AS debian
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION
 
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.key,target=/tmp/nginx_signing.key \
 	--mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=90pkgs-nginx,target=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90pkgs-nginx \
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.key,target=/tmp/nginx_s
     http://packages.nginx.org/nginx-agent/debian `lsb_release -cs` agent" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list \
 	&& printf "%s" "Package: *\nPin: origin nginx.org\nPin: release o=nginx\nPin-Priority: 900\n" > /etc/apt/preferences.d/99nginx \
 	&& apt-get update \
-	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y nginx-agent=3.2.* nginx-module-otel=${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* \
+	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y nginx-agent=${NGINX_AGENT_VERSION}* nginx-module-otel=${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* \
 	&& apt-get purge --auto-remove -y gpg \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /etc/apt/preferences.d/99nginx /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list \
 	&& agent.sh
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.key,target=/tmp/nginx_s
 FROM ubi-minimal AS ubi
 ARG IC_VERSION
 ARG NGINX_OSS_VERSION
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION
 
 LABEL name="NGINX Ingress Controller" \
 	maintainer="kubernetes@nginx.com" \
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.key,target=/tmp/nginx_s
     && printf "%s\n" "[agent]" "name=agent repo" \
     "baseurl=https://packages.nginx.org/nginx-agent/centos/9/\$basearch/" \
     "gpgcheck=1" "enabled=1" "module_hotfixes=true" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo \
-	&& microdnf --nodocs install -y nginx-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-module-njs-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-module-otel-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-module-image-filter-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-module-xslt-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-agent-3.2.* \
+	&& microdnf --nodocs install -y nginx-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-module-njs-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-module-otel-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-module-image-filter-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-module-xslt-${NGINX_OSS_VERSION}* nginx-agent-${NGINX_AGENT_VERSION}* \
 	&& rm /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo \
 	&& ubi-clean.sh
 
@@ -166,6 +170,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.key,target=/tmp/nginx_s
 FROM alpine:3.22@sha256:4bcff63911fcb4448bd4fdacec207030997caf25e9bea4045fa6c8c44de311d1 AS alpine-plus
 ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION
 ARG PACKAGE_REPO
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION
 
 ENV NGINX_VERSION=${NGINX_PLUS_VERSION}
 
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/apk/cert.pem,mode=0644 \
 	export $(cat /tmp/user_agent) \
 	&& printf "%s\n" "https://${PACKAGE_REPO}/plus/${NGINX_PLUS_VERSION}/alpine/v$(grep -E -o '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' /etc/alpine-release)/main" >> /etc/apk/repositories \
 	&& printf "%s\n" "https://${PACKAGE_REPO}/nginx-agent/alpine/v$(grep -E -o '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' /etc/alpine-release)/main" >> /etc/apk/repositories \
-	&& apk add --no-cache nginx-plus nginx-plus-module-njs nginx-plus-module-otel nginx-plus-module-fips-check nginx-agent~3.2 libcap libcurl \
+	&& apk add --no-cache nginx-plus nginx-plus-module-njs nginx-plus-module-otel nginx-plus-module-fips-check nginx-agent~${NGINX_AGENT_VERSION} libcap libcurl \
 	&& mkdir -p /etc/nginx/reporting/ && cp -av /tmp/nginx/reporting/tracking.info /etc/nginx/reporting/tracking.info \
 	&& agent.sh \
 	&& sed -i -e '/nginx.com/d' /etc/apk/repositories
@@ -295,6 +300,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode
 ############################################# Base image for Debian with NGINX Plus #############################################
 FROM debian-plus-only AS debian-plus
 ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION
 
 ENV NGINX_VERSION=${NGINX_PLUS_VERSION}
 
@@ -307,7 +313,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode
 	apt-get update \
 	&& cp /tmp/nginx-agent.sources /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-agent.sources \
 	&& apt-get update \
-	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y nginx-agent=3.2.* \
+	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y nginx-agent=${NGINX_AGENT_VERSION}* \
 	&& agent.sh \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-agent.sources
 
@@ -367,6 +373,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode
 ############################################# Base image for UBI with NGINX Plus #############################################
 FROM ubi-minimal AS ubi-9-plus
 ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION
 
 ENV NGINX_VERSION=${NGINX_PLUS_VERSION}
 
@@ -384,7 +391,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode
 	mkdir -p /etc/nginx/reporting/ && cp -av /tmp/nginx/reporting/tracking.info /etc/nginx/reporting/tracking.info \
 	&& ubi-setup.sh \
 	&& rpm -Uvh /ubi-bin/c-ares-*.rpm \
-	&& microdnf --nodocs install -y nginx-plus nginx-plus-module-njs nginx-plus-module-otel nginx-plus-module-fips-check nginx-agent-3.2.* \
+	&& microdnf --nodocs install -y nginx-plus nginx-plus-module-njs nginx-plus-module-otel nginx-plus-module-fips-check nginx-agent-${NGINX_AGENT_VERSION}* \
 	&& agent.sh	\
 	&& ubi-clean.sh
 
diff --git a/tests/data/modules/data.json b/tests/data/modules/data.json
index 1a80bcd7b6..ead2e1dfd2 100644
--- a/tests/data/modules/data.json
+++ b/tests/data/modules/data.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "nginx-agent",
-          "version": "3.2"
+          "version": "3.3"
         }
       ],
       "system": "debian",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "nginx-agent",
-          "version": "3.2"
+          "version": "3.3"
         }
       ],
       "system": "debian",
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "nginx-agent",
-          "version": "3.2"
+          "version": "3.3"
         }
       ],
       "system": "alpine",
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "nginx-agent",
-          "version": "3.2"
+          "version": "3.3"
         }
       ],
       "system": "alpine",
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "nginx-agent",
-          "version": "3.2"
+          "version": "3.3"
         }
       ],
       "system": "alpine",
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "nginx-agent",
-          "version": "3.2"
+          "version": "3.3"
         }
       ],
       "system": "ubi",
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "nginx-agent",
-          "version": "3.2"
+          "version": "3.3"
         }
       ],
       "system": "ubi",