diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-kong-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-kong-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ce2e11f5f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-kong-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: "update-kong-version"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    # every Monday at around 3 am pacific/10 am UTC
+    - cron: "0 10 * * 1"
+env:
+  GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org
+  GO_VERSION: '1.21.1'
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  bump-kong-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{env.GO_VERSION}}
+          cache-dependency-path: ./go.sum
+      - name: Bump kong version
+        id: bumpKong
+        run: |
+          echo "OLD_VERSION=$(DEP=kong make get-dependency-version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          make update-kong-version
+          echo "NEW_VERSION=$(DEP=kong make get-dependency-version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # The following is to support multiline with GITHUB_OUTPUT, see https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#multiline-strings
+          echo "changes<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$(git status --porcelain)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create PR
+        if: ${{ steps.bumpKong.outputs.changes != '' }}
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@153407881ec5c347639a548ade7d8ad1d6740e38
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.MINIKUBE_BOT_PAT }}
+          commit-message: 'Addon kong: Update kong image from ${{ steps.bumpKong.outputs.OLD_VERSION }} to ${{ steps.bumpKong.outputs.NEW_VERSION }}'
+          committer: minikube-bot <minikube-bot@google.com>
+          author: minikube-bot <minikube-bot@google.com>
+          branch: auto_bump_kong_version
+          push-to-fork: minikube-bot/minikube
+          base: master
+          delete-branch: true
+          title: 'Addon kong: Update kong image from ${{ steps.bumpKong.outputs.OLD_VERSION }} to ${{ steps.bumpKong.outputs.NEW_VERSION }}'
+          labels: ok-to-test
+          body: |
+            The [kong](https://github.com/Kong/kong) project released a new kong image
+
+            This PR was auto-generated by `make update-kong-version` using [update-kong-version.yml](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/tree/master/.github/workflows/update-kong-version.yml) CI Workflow.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1213e338715d..4a66c49a39a8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1180,6 +1180,11 @@ update-registry-version:
 	(cd hack/update/registry_version && \
 	 go run update_registry_version.go)
 
+.PHONY: update-kong-version
+update-kong-version:
+	(cd hack/update/kong_version && \
+	 go run update_kong_version.go)
+
 .PHONY: get-dependency-verison
 get-dependency-version:
 	@(cd hack/update/get_version && \
diff --git a/hack/update/get_version/get_version.go b/hack/update/get_version/get_version.go
index 1428c1b2654e..e0986fe516b1 100644
--- a/hack/update/get_version/get_version.go
+++ b/hack/update/get_version/get_version.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ var dependencies = map[string]dependency{
 	"inspektor-gadget": {addonsFile, `inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget:(.*)@`},
 	"istio-operator":   {addonsFile, `istio/operator:(.*)@`},
 	"kindnetd":         {"pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/images/images.go", `kindnetd:(.*)"`},
+	"kong":             {addonsFile, `kong:(.*)@`},
 	"metrics-server":   {addonsFile, `metrics-server/metrics-server:(.*)@`},
 	"nerdctl":          {"deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile", `NERDCTL_VERSION="(.*)"`},
 	"registry":         {addonsFile, `registry:(.*)@`},
diff --git a/hack/update/kong_version/update_kong_version.go b/hack/update/kong_version/update_kong_version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..935a7ef89b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/update/kong_version/update_kong_version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/hack/update"
+)
+
+var schema = map[string]update.Item{
+	"pkg/minikube/assets/addons.go": {
+		Replace: map[string]string{
+			`kong:.*`: `kong:{{.Version}}@{{.SHA}}",`,
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+type Data struct {
+	Version string
+	SHA     string
+}
+
+func main() {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	stable, _, _, err := update.GHReleases(ctx, "Kong", "kong")
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Fatalf("Unable to get stable version: %v", err)
+	}
+	version := strings.TrimPrefix(stable.Tag, "v")
+	sha, err := update.GetImageSHA(fmt.Sprintf("docker.io/kong:%s", version))
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Fatalf("failed to get image SHA: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	data := Data{Version: version, SHA: sha}
+
+	update.Apply(schema, data)
+}