diff --git a/pkg/model/components/awsebscsidriver.go b/pkg/model/components/awsebscsidriver.go
index 8e1b16a40f..7e652870c8 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/awsebscsidriver.go
+++ b/pkg/model/components/awsebscsidriver.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (b *AWSEBSCSIDriverOptionsBuilder) BuildOptions(o interface{}) error {
 	c := aws.EBSCSIDriver
 
 	if c.Version == nil {
-		version := "v1.26.0"
+		version := "v1.26.1"
 		c.Version = &version
 	}