diff --git a/hack/external_images.txt b/hack/external_images.txt
index ebd473979b0bd9b6f8e18a4b334426ad95e019dd..c883f73dfb3fc0405cf75a9126f7aad357e7d735 100644
--- a/hack/external_images.txt
+++ b/hack/external_images.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ docker.io/prom/node-exporter:v1.8.1
 docker.io/prom/prometheus:v2.50.0
 quay.io/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator:v0.72.0
 quay.io/prometheus-operator/prometheus-config-reloader:v0.72.0
-docker.io/fluent/fluent-bit:3.0.6
+docker.io/fluent/fluent-bit:3.1.8
 registry.k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics:v2.11.0
diff --git a/templates/fluentbit-logs/daemonset.yaml b/templates/fluentbit-logs/daemonset.yaml
index 0b5defa1d4ad3da91f38940f878d90fc8bd0a6a6..c1079505f6c14a045a92e6fb2e91fdbe13aa2fd0 100644
--- a/templates/fluentbit-logs/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/templates/fluentbit-logs/daemonset.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: it-monit-logs-collector-fluentbit
       containers:
         - name: it-monit-logs-collector-fluentbit
-          image: registry.cern.ch/monit/cern-it-monitoring-fluent-bit:3.0.6 # Not valid for windows nodes. T.B.E. (To Be Explored)
+          image: registry.cern.ch/monit/cern-it-monitoring-fluent-bit:3.1.8 # Not valid for windows nodes. T.B.E. (To Be Explored)
           command: [ "/fluent-bit/bin/fluent-bit" ]
           args:
             - --workdir=/fluent-bit/etc
diff --git a/templates/fluentbit-metrics/statefulset.yaml b/templates/fluentbit-metrics/statefulset.yaml
index 8b65fc9144d32915e538826e51410ecc6051b4de..15f0f23277d3426311962f8de73bff617d17800f 100644
--- a/templates/fluentbit-metrics/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/templates/fluentbit-metrics/statefulset.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: it-monit-metrics-collector-fluentbit
-          image: registry.cern.ch/monit/cern-it-monitoring-fluent-bit:3.0.6 # Not valid for windows nodes. T.B.E. (To Be Explored)
+          image: registry.cern.ch/monit/cern-it-monitoring-fluent-bit:3.1.8 # Not valid for windows nodes. T.B.E. (To Be Explored)
           command: [ "/fluent-bit/bin/fluent-bit" ]
           args:
             - --workdir=/fluent-bit/etc