diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
index 916444945db..4a8fff7182d 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ var (
 		Name:        "pause-image",
 		Usage:       "(agent/runtime) Customized pause image for containerd or docker sandbox",
 		Destination: &AgentConfig.PauseImage,
-		Value:       "rancher/mirrored-pause:3.6",
+		Value:       "rancher/mirrored-pause:3.10.2",
 	}
 	SnapshotterFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:        "snapshotter",
diff --git a/scripts/airgap/image-list.txt b/scripts/airgap/image-list.txt
index b26bc385bed..74a61d68b04 100644
--- a/scripts/airgap/image-list.txt
+++ b/scripts/airgap/image-list.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ docker.io/rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns:1.14.4
 docker.io/rancher/mirrored-library-busybox:1.37.0
 docker.io/rancher/mirrored-library-traefik:3.7.4
 docker.io/rancher/mirrored-metrics-server:v0.8.1
-docker.io/rancher/mirrored-pause:3.6
+docker.io/rancher/mirrored-pause:3.10.2
diff --git a/scripts/airgap/volume-test.yaml b/scripts/airgap/volume-test.yaml
index c851b285c6e..cbaf3a1d933 100644
--- a/scripts/airgap/volume-test.yaml
+++ b/scripts/airgap/volume-test.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: volume-test
-    image: rancher/mirrored-pause:3.6
+    image: rancher/mirrored-pause:3.10.2
     imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
     volumeMounts:
     - name: volv
diff --git a/tests/docker/cacerts/cacerts_test.go b/tests/docker/cacerts/cacerts_test.go
index 3fc76d1f6ff..b4be2e0bb0a 100644
--- a/tests/docker/cacerts/cacerts_test.go
+++ b/tests/docker/cacerts/cacerts_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var _ = Describe("CA Certs Tests", Ordered, func() {
 			testID = filepath.Base(config.TestDir)
 			pauseName := fmt.Sprintf("k3s-pause-%s", strings.ToLower(testID))
 			tlsMount := fmt.Sprintf("--mount type=volume,src=%s,dst=/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls", pauseName)
-			cmd := fmt.Sprintf("docker run -d --name %s --hostname %s %s rancher/mirrored-pause:3.6",
+			cmd := fmt.Sprintf("docker run -d --name %s --hostname %s %s rancher/mirrored-pause:3.10.2",
 				pauseName, pauseName, tlsMount)
 			_, err = tests.RunCommand(cmd)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
diff --git a/tests/docker/resources/volume-test.yaml b/tests/docker/resources/volume-test.yaml
index c851b285c6e..cbaf3a1d933 100644
--- a/tests/docker/resources/volume-test.yaml
+++ b/tests/docker/resources/volume-test.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: volume-test
-    image: rancher/mirrored-pause:3.6
+    image: rancher/mirrored-pause:3.10.2
     imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
     volumeMounts:
     - name: volv