diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crun-latest/crun-latest.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crun-latest/crun-latest.hash
index fb22c9f77e93..a8e1152305d9 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crun-latest/crun-latest.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crun-latest/crun-latest.hash
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ sha256 fdd530a398e32c36ccb597a43d17692631257374b9121027d88bbc5bccb24442 crun-1.1
 sha256 f37ae4936832a4bde31d50028307e83bcc7af80f2d36779f4ac7c79cdfe682b0 crun-1.19.tar.gz
 sha256 cc80e3079daffb740d5f586b4a0269567c0961bc8321487fe7a3c2f13a178866 crun-1.23.tar.gz
 sha256 d752b7cee413d2cb9463cb6995fd50801a0a1574507ebfb550ea9f26d07743f8 crun-1.23.1.tar.gz
+sha256 3d23b434fe98711a041c608e1f11dc775d8b74f547167c2b9a640825edd6730a crun-1.25.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crun-latest/crun-latest.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crun-latest/crun-latest.mk
index 360262bcadc5..690b35b3975e 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crun-latest/crun-latest.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crun-latest/crun-latest.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CRUN_LATEST_VERSION = 1.23.1
-CRUN_LATEST_COMMIT = d20b23dba05e822b93b82f2f34fd5dada433e0c2
+CRUN_LATEST_VERSION = 1.25.1
+CRUN_LATEST_COMMIT = 156ae065d4a322d149c7307034f98d9637aa92a2
 # need the pre-generated release tarball with the git submodules and configure
 CRUN_LATEST_SITE = https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/$(CRUN_LATEST_VERSION)
 CRUN_LATEST_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index da3aac5ddb32..e90d35fdb851 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 = "v0.0.48-1765275396-22083"
+	Version = "v0.0.48-1765362630-22095"
 
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "ffa93f7bad1d2c0a7acfa6e97f1eec0e4955680d08c3904e49db297a10f7f89f"
+	baseImageSHA = "be10783d1cd1336f2302b2bb1f762043fb2c8ada9fb25b8bc63cc38634d5edac"
 	// 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 6b8a159a79db..1bbddd688eb1 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ minikube start [flags]
       --apiserver-port int                The apiserver listening port (default 8443)
       --auto-pause-interval duration      Duration of inactivity before the minikube VM is paused (default 1m0s) (default 1m0s)
       --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:v0.0.48-1765275396-22083@sha256:ffa93f7bad1d2c0a7acfa6e97f1eec0e4955680d08c3904e49db297a10f7f89f")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.48-1765362630-22095@sha256:be10783d1cd1336f2302b2bb1f762043fb2c8ada9fb25b8bc63cc38634d5edac")
       --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)