diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
index 214df339b..000a875bc 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var (
 // manually challenging.
 var (
 	// image names
-	DefaultCSIPluginImage   = "quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v3.0.0"
+	DefaultCSIPluginImage   = "quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v3.1.0"
 	DefaultRegistrarImage   = "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-node-driver-registrar:v1.2.0"
 	DefaultProvisionerImage = "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-provisioner:v1.6.0"
 	DefaultAttacherImage    = "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher:v2.1.0"