diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index 2c186821d9b..3627cfb79b4 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: tag =
 
   - name: "k8s.gcr.io/pause"
-    version: 3.2
+    version: 3.3
     refPaths:
     - path: build/pause/Makefile
       match: TAG =
diff --git a/build/pause/Makefile b/build/pause/Makefile
index 1979c49548c..0559b13a8a8 100644
--- a/build/pause/Makefile
+++ b/build/pause/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ REGISTRY ?= staging-k8s.gcr.io
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/pause
 IMAGE_WITH_ARCH = $(IMAGE)-$(ARCH)
 
-TAG = 3.2
+TAG = 3.3
 REV = $(shell git describe --contains --always --match='v*')
 
 # Architectures supported: amd64, arm, arm64, ppc64le and s390x