diff --git a/kustomize/rook-cluster/rook-cluster.yaml b/kustomize/rook-cluster/rook-cluster.yaml
index eadb2e9ff..632d052a6 100644
--- a/kustomize/rook-cluster/rook-cluster.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/rook-cluster/rook-cluster.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
     # versions running within the cluster. See tags available at https://hub.docker.com/r/ceph/ceph/tags/.
     # If you want to be more precise, you can always use a timestamp tag such as quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6-20231027
     # This tag might not contain a new Ceph version, just security fixes from the underlying operating system, which will reduce vulnerabilities
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.1
     # Whether to allow unsupported versions of Ceph. Currently `quincy` and `reef` are supported.
     # Future versions such as `squid` (v19) would require this to be set to `true`.
     # Do not set to true in production.