diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/buildkit-bin-aarch64/buildkit-bin.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/buildkit-bin-aarch64/buildkit-bin.hash
index 6cc8a874d884..b24b60dd2b7d 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/buildkit-bin-aarch64/buildkit-bin.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/buildkit-bin-aarch64/buildkit-bin.hash
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ sha256 dfa15ef3f194afc0f588de1e78053cdcd553e7de2f9692efe964c9aa7e9d621e  buildki
 sha256 608539ed0686f6533504ab43ed1005ab9c7bb45daec1cc5caa99de0c6314408c  buildkit-v0.15.1.linux-arm64.tar.gz
 sha256 15329adaa5e5b2bea0580f3e5e33765f84504075710bb791e362c3b160ca7e61  buildkit-v0.15.2.linux-arm64.tar.gz
 sha256 1b70bb7955ddda66537d4bf9aa540e79e79e19aa989901613da58f5f133a53ef  buildkit-v0.16.0.linux-arm64.tar.gz
+sha256 484a725519bd15a3b3d1f84c2dfc37749af6f06bc6c40d83395312e4d1fb18f1  buildkit-v0.18.1.linux-arm64.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/buildkit-bin-aarch64/buildkit-bin.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/buildkit-bin-aarch64/buildkit-bin.mk
index 17fb248a4931..25593db28a56 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/buildkit-bin-aarch64/buildkit-bin.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/buildkit-bin-aarch64/buildkit-bin.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-BUILDKIT_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION = v0.16.0
-BUILDKIT_BIN_AARCH64_COMMIT = 0865fcc9b78559e856e81dc52b3613701e7be28d
+BUILDKIT_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION = v0.18.1
+BUILDKIT_BIN_AARCH64_COMMIT = eb68885955169461d72dc2b7e6d084100fcaba86
 BUILDKIT_BIN_AARCH64_SITE = https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/download/$(BUILDKIT_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION)
 BUILDKIT_BIN_AARCH64_SOURCE = buildkit-$(BUILDKIT_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION).linux-arm64.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/buildkit-bin/buildkit-bin.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/buildkit-bin/buildkit-bin.hash
index cd239fa12286..55b13a66e2d7 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/buildkit-bin/buildkit-bin.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/buildkit-bin/buildkit-bin.hash
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ sha256 803de21f1656b2f0398e09204abcff2943c17b6b5951fe5ccfc8300012fcb838  buildki
 sha256 e433c3d3484ad5c13a74435a28ba96334369c9ecce13b4ed0e310ad5f90f7060  buildkit-v0.15.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sha256 59279df5853bef19a03ec15c5c31b772e59d91d079ab0221e1bafa023cf41c35  buildkit-v0.15.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sha256 a07a01da821d39bdb6e03a2f98ee407bb861cc61ece2e69e2ea4d61b3a4ab7f1  buildkit-v0.16.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+sha256 02b986569330f09dc837486f80d9818812aba1ac8bd892b337adeb56eafe3794  buildkit-v0.18.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/buildkit-bin/buildkit-bin.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/buildkit-bin/buildkit-bin.mk
index a03af4b9abbe..b0c395250abe 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/buildkit-bin/buildkit-bin.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/buildkit-bin/buildkit-bin.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-BUILDKIT_BIN_VERSION = v0.16.0
-BUILDKIT_BIN_COMMIT = 0865fcc9b78559e856e81dc52b3613701e7be28d
+BUILDKIT_BIN_VERSION = v0.18.1
+BUILDKIT_BIN_COMMIT = eb68885955169461d72dc2b7e6d084100fcaba86
 BUILDKIT_BIN_SITE = https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/download/$(BUILDKIT_BIN_VERSION)
 BUILDKIT_BIN_SOURCE = buildkit-$(BUILDKIT_BIN_VERSION).linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 3e7a3fcb94f6..ac9e4ce6a02b 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ RUN if [ "$PREBUILT_AUTO_PAUSE" != "true" ]; then cd ./cmd/auto-pause/ && go bui
 # for a kubernetes node image, it doesn't contain much we don't need
 FROM ${UBUNTU_JAMMY_IMAGE} as kicbase
 
-ARG BUILDKIT_VERSION="v0.16.0"
+ARG BUILDKIT_VERSION="v0.18.1"
 ARG CRIO_VERSION="1.24"
 ARG CRI_DOCKERD_VERSION="v0.3.15"
 ARG CRI_DOCKERD_COMMIT="c1c566e0cc84abe6972f0bf857ecd8fe306258d9"