diff --git a/pkg/constant/constant_windows.go b/pkg/constant/constant_windows.go
index 57051bd777e7..41305d289ae0 100644
--- a/pkg/constant/constant_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/constant/constant_windows.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const (
 
 	KineSocket                     = "kine\\kine.sock:2379"
 	KubePauseContainerImage        = "registry.k8s.io/pause"
-	KubePauseContainerImageVersion = "3.8"
+	KubePauseContainerImageVersion = "3.9"
 	K0sConfigPathDefault           = "C:\\etc\\k0s\\k0s.yaml"
 	RuntimeConfigPathDefault       = RunDir + "\\k0s.yaml"
 )