diff --git a/manifests/nginx-lb/nginx-lb.yaml b/manifests/nginx-lb/nginx-lb.yaml
index 4f28441..b15db89 100644
--- a/manifests/nginx-lb/nginx-lb.yaml
+++ b/manifests/nginx-lb/nginx-lb.yaml
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ spec:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         - name: LD_PRELOAD
           value: /usr/local/lib/libmimalloc.so
-        image: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.8.0@sha256:744ae2afd433a395eeb13dc03d3313facba92e96ad71d9feaafc85925493fee3
+        image: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.8.1@sha256:e5c4824e7375fcf2a393e1c03c293b69759af37a9ca6abdb91b13d78a93da8bd
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         lifecycle:
           preStop: