diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f056b42244..1e345defa5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ RUN rm -vf /charts/*.sh /charts/*.md /charts/chart_versions.yaml
 # This image includes any host level programs that we might need. All binaries
 # must be placed in bin/ of the file image and subdirectories of bin/ will be flattened during installation.
 # This means bin/foo/bar will become bin/bar when rke2 installs this to the host
-FROM rancher/hardened-kubernetes:v1.29.2-rke2r1-build20240214 AS kubernetes
+FROM rancher/hardened-kubernetes:v1.29.3-rke2r1-build20240315 AS kubernetes
 FROM rancher/hardened-containerd:v1.7.11-k3s2-build20231211 AS containerd
 FROM rancher/hardened-crictl:v1.29.0-build20231219 AS crictl
 FROM rancher/hardened-runc:v1.1.12-build20240201 AS runc