diff --git a/images/fluentd/Dockerfile b/images/fluentd/Dockerfile
index d6d93024e..ddcb245cd 100644
--- a/images/fluentd/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/fluentd/Dockerfile
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ RUN addgroup -S -g 101 fluent && adduser -S -G fluent -u 100 fluent \
         tini libmaxminddb geoip \
         snappy libssl3 libcrypto3 \
  && apk add --no-cache $BUILD_DEPS \
+ # Remove fortify headers to fix PATH_MAX compilation errors in native gems
+ && rm -rf /usr/include/fortify \
  && echo 'gem: --no-document' >> /etc/gemrc \
- && gem install fluentd -v 1.18.0 \
+ && gem install fluentd -v 1.19.0 \
  && fluent-gem install specific_install -v 0.3.8 \
  && fluent-gem install fluent-plugin-label-router -v 0.5.0 \
  && fluent-gem install snappy -v 0.0.15 \
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ ADD ./outputs/Gemfile.lock /Gemfile.outputs.lock
 USER root
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache $BUILD_DEPS \
+ # Remove fortify headers to fix PATH_MAX compilation errors in native gems
  && rm -rf /usr/include/fortify \
  && touch /etc/gemrc \
  && fluent-gem specific_install -l https://github.com/kube-logging/fluent-plugin-syslog_rfc5424.git --ref 4ab9f7df3757b0e31e4bc209acab05a518efdce3 \
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/extensions/extensionsconfig/config.go b/pkg/sdk/extensions/extensionsconfig/config.go
index 22bf84c89..2406e59c8 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/extensions/extensionsconfig/config.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/extensions/extensionsconfig/config.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var Global = GlobalConfig{
 
 // HostTailer configuration
 var HostTailer = HostTailerConfig{
-	FluentBitImage: "ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-bit:4.0.3",
+	FluentBitImage: "ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-bit:4.1.0",
 	TailerAffix:    "host-tailer",
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ var EventTailer = EventTailerConfig{
 
 // TailerWebhook configuration
 var TailerWebhook = TailerWebhookConfig{
-	FluentBitImage:    "ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-bit:4.0.3",
+	FluentBitImage:    "ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-bit:4.1.0",
 	AnnotationKey:     "sidecar.logging-extensions.banzaicloud.io/tail",
 	ServerPath:        "/tailer-webhook",
 	ServerPort:        9443,
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/logging_types.go b/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/logging_types.go
index 614b71c05..53695c696 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/logging_types.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/logging_types.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ var Version string
 
 const (
 	DefaultFluentbitImageRepository               = "ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-bit"
-	DefaultFluentbitImageTag                      = "4.0.3"
+	DefaultFluentbitImageTag                      = "4.1.0"
 	DefaultFluentbitBufferVolumeImageRepository   = "ghcr.io/kube-logging/logging-operator/node-exporter"
 	DefaultFluentbitBufferVolumeImageTag          = "latest"
 	DefaultFluentbitBufferStorageVolumeName       = "fluentbit-buffer"