diff --git a/hack/kicbase_version/os-package-list.txt b/hack/kicbase_version/os-package-list.txt
index 9426954f10f2..9764da2b4b64 100644
--- a/hack/kicbase_version/os-package-list.txt
+++ b/hack/kicbase_version/os-package-list.txt
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ ii  debianutils                     5.5-1ubuntu2                            amd6
 ii  diffutils                       1:3.8-0ubuntu2                          amd64        File comparison utilities
 ii  dirmngr                         2.2.27-3ubuntu2.1                       amd64        GNU privacy guard - network certificate management service
 ii  dnsutils                        1:9.18.28-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              all          Transitional package for bind9-dnsutils
-ii  docker-buildx-plugin            0.17.1-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy             amd64        Docker Buildx cli plugin.
-ii  docker-ce                       5:27.3.1-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy           amd64        Docker: the open-source application container engine
-ii  docker-ce-cli                   5:27.3.1-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy           amd64        Docker CLI: the open-source application container engine
+ii  docker-buildx-plugin            0.19.2-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy             amd64        Docker Buildx cli plugin.
+ii  docker-ce                       5:27.4.0-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy           amd64        Docker: the open-source application container engine
+ii  docker-ce-cli                   5:27.4.0-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy           amd64        Docker CLI: the open-source application container engine
 ii  dpkg                            1.21.1ubuntu2.3                         amd64        Debian package management system
 ii  e2fsprogs                       1.46.5-2ubuntu1.2                       amd64        ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities
 ii  ebtables                        2.0.11-4build2                          amd64        Ethernet bridge frame table administration
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ ii  libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64        2:1.02.175-2.1ubuntu4                   amd6
 ii  libedit2:amd64                  3.1-20210910-1build1                    amd64        BSD editline and history libraries
 ii  libelf1:amd64                   0.186-1build1                           amd64        library to read and write ELF files
 ii  libevent-core-2.1-7:amd64       2.1.12-stable-1build3                   amd64        Asynchronous event notification library (core)
-ii  libexpat1:amd64                 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.4                        amd64        XML parsing C library - runtime library
+ii  libexpat1:amd64                 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.5                        amd64        XML parsing C library - runtime library
 ii  libext2fs2:amd64                1.46.5-2ubuntu1.2                       amd64        ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries
 ii  libffi8:amd64                   3.4.2-4                                 amd64        Foreign Function Interface library runtime
 ii  libfido2-1:amd64                1.10.0-1                                amd64        library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index 48d71f298c8d..9e02cc42b4c9 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// Version is the current version of kic
-	Version = "v0.0.45-1733735246-20065"
+	Version = "v0.0.45-1733912881-20083"
 
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "e2b2594040af1f94a2d350dd3f565070ba8462b217eda2b8fa6ce1f4dfdfb872"
+	baseImageSHA = "64d8b27f78fd269d886e21ba8fc88be20de183ba5cc5bce33d0810e8a65f1df2"
 	// The name of the GCR kicbase repository
 	gcrRepo = "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds"
 	// The name of the Dockerhub kicbase repository
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
index ec0a0ab4ba1f..e37065a8dd09 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ minikube start [flags]
       --apiserver-port int                The apiserver listening port (default 8443)
       --auto-pause-interval duration      Duration of inactivity before the minikube VM is paused (default 1m0s) (default 1m0s)
       --auto-update-drivers               If set, automatically updates drivers to the latest version. Defaults to true. (default true)
-      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.45-1733735246-20065@sha256:e2b2594040af1f94a2d350dd3f565070ba8462b217eda2b8fa6ce1f4dfdfb872")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.45-1733912881-20083@sha256:64d8b27f78fd269d886e21ba8fc88be20de183ba5cc5bce33d0810e8a65f1df2")
       --binary-mirror string              Location to fetch kubectl, kubelet, & kubeadm binaries from.
       --cache-images                      If true, cache docker images for the current bootstrapper and load them into the machine. Always false with --driver=none. (default true)
       --cert-expiration duration          Duration until minikube certificate expiration, defaults to three years (26280h). (default 26280h0m0s)