diff --git a/pkg/specs/pgbouncer/deployments.go b/pkg/specs/pgbouncer/deployments.go
index 1ede06a049..515c368b14 100644
--- a/pkg/specs/pgbouncer/deployments.go
+++ b/pkg/specs/pgbouncer/deployments.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// DefaultPgbouncerImage is the name of the pgbouncer image used by default
-	DefaultPgbouncerImage = "ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/pgbouncer:1.22.0"
+	DefaultPgbouncerImage = "ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/pgbouncer:1.22.1"
 )
 
 // Deployment create the deployment of pgbouncer, given