diff --git a/universal/ubi8/Dockerfile b/universal/ubi8/Dockerfile
index 21ef57ed..8cdfec08 100644
--- a/universal/ubi8/Dockerfile
+++ b/universal/ubi8/Dockerfile
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ RUN <<EOF
 set -euf -o pipefail
 TEMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 cd "${TEMP_DIR}"
-KUSTOMIZE_VERSION="4.3.0"
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION="5.3.0"
 KUSTOMIZE_ARCH="linux_amd64"
 KUSTOMIZE_TGZ="kustomize_v${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}_${KUSTOMIZE_ARCH}.tar.gz"
 KUSTOMIZE_TGZ_URL="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/kustomize%2Fv${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}/${KUSTOMIZE_TGZ}"