diff --git a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
index 47a1e54ea..4cafe98e8 100644
--- a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultRegistryPort         = 5050
 
 	//tags, versions, repos
-	DefaultEVETag               = "10.4.0" // DefaultEVETag tag for EVE image
+	DefaultEVETag               = "10.9.0" // DefaultEVETag tag for EVE image
 	DefaultAdamTag              = "0.0.43"
 	DefaultRedisTag             = "7"
 	DefaultRegistryTag          = "2.7"