diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index bfb419455cdb..8ce752f6726b 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ RUN if [ "$PREBUILT_AUTO_PAUSE" != "true" ]; then cd ./cmd/auto-pause/ && go bui
 
 # start from ubuntu 20.04, this image is reasonably small as a starting point
 # for a kubernetes node image, it doesn't contain much we don't need
-FROM ubuntu:focal-20230126 as kicbase
+FROM ubuntu:focal-20230301 as kicbase
 
 ARG BUILDKIT_VERSION="v0.11.2"
 ARG FUSE_OVERLAYFS_VERSION="v1.7.1"
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index 52b3c30d8907..c6d6befea60c 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// Version is the current version of kic
-	Version = "v0.0.37-1678210470-15973"
+	Version = "v0.0.37-1678473806-15991"
 
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "dd6bd43c558dfa014f1d4ffebd9d8bcc8fd729704778fd584d89a38893c78e90"
+	baseImageSHA = "c7e2010fcc4584b4a079087c1c0a443479e9062a1998351b11de5747bc1c557f"
 	// The name of the GCR kicbase repository
 	gcrRepo = "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds"
 	// The name of the Dockerhub kicbase repository
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
index ea20695014bc..686ad91ab170 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ minikube start [flags]
       --apiserver-names strings           A set of apiserver names which are used in the generated certificate for kubernetes.  This can be used if you want to make the apiserver available from outside the machine
       --apiserver-port int                The apiserver listening port (default 8443)
       --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:v0.0.37-1678210470-15973@sha256:dd6bd43c558dfa014f1d4ffebd9d8bcc8fd729704778fd584d89a38893c78e90")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.37-1678473806-15991@sha256:c7e2010fcc4584b4a079087c1c0a443479e9062a1998351b11de5747bc1c557f")
       --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)