diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cni/cilium.go b/pkg/minikube/cni/cilium.go
index ddfcb288e431..fb2cc32edd15 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cni/cilium.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cni/cilium.go
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ spec:
               key: custom-cni-conf
               name: cilium-config
               optional: true
-        image: "quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.12.3@sha256:30de50c4dc0a1e1077e9e7917a54d5cab253058b3f779822aec00f5c817ca826"
+        image: "quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.15.1@sha256:351d6685dc6f6ffbcd5451043167cfa8842c6decf80d8c8e426a417c73fb56d4"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         lifecycle:
           postStart:
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ spec:
           # same directory where we install cilium cni plugin so that exec permissions
           # are available.
           - 'cp /usr/bin/cilium-mount /hostbin/cilium-mount && nsenter --cgroup=/hostproc/1/ns/cgroup --mount=/hostproc/1/ns/mnt "${BIN_PATH}/cilium-mount" $CGROUP_ROOT; rm /hostbin/cilium-mount'
-        image: "quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.12.3@sha256:30de50c4dc0a1e1077e9e7917a54d5cab253058b3f779822aec00f5c817ca826"
+        image: "quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.15.1@sha256:351d6685dc6f6ffbcd5451043167cfa8842c6decf80d8c8e426a417c73fb56d4"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         volumeMounts:
           - mountPath: /hostproc