diff --git a/static/operator/defaults.go b/static/operator/defaults.go
index 2965955c25cb..43e843226e1d 100644
--- a/static/operator/defaults.go
+++ b/static/operator/defaults.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package operator
 
 // Supported versions of the Grafana Agent.
 var (
-	DefaultAgentVersion   = "v0.42.0"
+	DefaultAgentVersion   = "v0.43.4"
 	DefaultAgentBaseImage = "grafana/agent"
 	DefaultAgentImage     = DefaultAgentBaseImage + ":" + DefaultAgentVersion
 )
diff --git a/tools/gen-versioned-files/agent-version.txt b/tools/gen-versioned-files/agent-version.txt
index c968c818b226..9adf662343d3 100644
--- a/tools/gen-versioned-files/agent-version.txt
+++ b/tools/gen-versioned-files/agent-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.43.4
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.43.4