diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index 13214048fd76..8e6681a1646d 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// Version is the current version of kic
-	Version = "v0.0.44-1724862063-19530"
+	Version = "v0.0.45"
 
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "fd0f41868bf20a720502cce04c5201bfb064f3c267161af6fd5265d69c85c9f0"
+	baseImageSHA = "81df288595202a317b1a4dc2506ca2e4ed5f22373c19a441b88cfbf4b9867c85"
 	// The name of the GCR kicbase repository
-	gcrRepo = "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds"
+	gcrRepo = "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase"
 	// The name of the Dockerhub kicbase repository
-	dockerhubRepo = "docker.io/kicbase/build"
+	dockerhubRepo = "docker.io/kicbase/stable"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
index a79c01b8affe..27403180050d 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:v0.0.44-1724862063-19530@sha256:fd0f41868bf20a720502cce04c5201bfb064f3c267161af6fd5265d69c85c9f0")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.45@sha256:81df288595202a317b1a4dc2506ca2e4ed5f22373c19a441b88cfbf4b9867c85")
       --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)