diff --git a/.changeset/stale-bats-end.md b/.changeset/stale-bats-end.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6715deba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-bats-end.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node': patch
+---
+
+Bumped the default TechDocs docker image version to the latest which was released several month ago
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
index de5b5b21b8..5203d30faa 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
     config: Config;
     scmIntegrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
   });
-  static readonly defaultDockerImage = 'spotify/techdocs:v1.2.1';
+  static readonly defaultDockerImage = 'spotify/techdocs:v1.2.3';
   static fromConfig(
     config: Config,
     options: GeneratorOptions,
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
index a4671f24a5..c5130a3f8f 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
    * The default docker image (and version) used to generate content. Public
    * and static so that techdocs-node consumers can use the same version.
    */
-  public static readonly defaultDockerImage = 'spotify/techdocs:v1.2.1';
+  public static readonly defaultDockerImage = 'spotify/techdocs:v1.2.3';
   private readonly logger: Logger;
   private readonly containerRunner?: ContainerRunner;
   private readonly options: GeneratorConfig;