diff --git a/external-dns/kustomization.yaml b/external-dns/kustomization.yaml
index 543c114..5872d68 100644
--- a/external-dns/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/external-dns/kustomization.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ generators:
 - secret-generator.yaml
 images:
 - name: registry.k8s.io/external-dns/external-dns
-  newTag: v0.20.0@sha256:ddc7f4212ed09a21024deb1f470a05240837712e74e4b9f6d1f2632ff10672e7
+  newTag: v0.21.0@sha256:f53faaf71cb270d1ca9dce6ea0c94bfebf1a18696263487f0fbc74b9bf2bd7ff