diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index 32f650cbd2be..9eafe133715e 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 = "v0.0.43-1713236840-18649"
+	Version = "v0.0.43"
 
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "c67dbc47b437ffe7d18f65acebd2213336466a75b1de10cec62939ffc450543e"
+	baseImageSHA = "7ff490df401cc0fbf19a4521544ae8f4a00cc163e92a95017a8d8bfdb1422737"
 	// 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 ce8769b5c5fe..8b43dde96f55 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:v0.0.43-1713236840-18649@sha256:c67dbc47b437ffe7d18f65acebd2213336466a75b1de10cec62939ffc450543e")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.43@sha256:7ff490df401cc0fbf19a4521544ae8f4a00cc163e92a95017a8d8bfdb1422737")
       --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)