diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 54d96a968..62c15364a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ARG BUILDER_GOLANG_VERSION
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 gcr.io/spectro-images-public/golang:${BUILDER_GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine as builder
 
 ARG HELM=./bin/helm-linux-amd64
-ARG HELM_CHART=./bin/vcluster-0.16.4.tgz
+ARG HELM_CHART=./bin/vcluster-0.19.5.tgz
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WORKDIR /workspace
 
 # Copy binaries
 COPY ${HELM} helm
-COPY ${HELM_CHART} vcluster-0.16.4.tgz
+COPY ${HELM_CHART} vcluster-0.19.5.tgz
 
 # Install Delve for debugging
 RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "amd64" ]; then go install github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest; fi
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ FROM --platform=linux/amd64 gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot
 WORKDIR /
 COPY --from=builder /workspace/manager .
 COPY --from=builder /workspace/helm .
-COPY --from=builder /workspace/vcluster-0.16.4.tgz .
+COPY --from=builder /workspace/vcluster-0.19.5.tgz .
 USER 65532:65532
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/manager"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e72a69350..1b67deda1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ BUILD_ARGS = --build-arg CRYPTO_LIB=${FIPS_ENABLE} --build-arg BUILDER_GOLANG_VE
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.23
 # HELM_VERSION = 3.12.0
 HELM_VERSION = 3.11.2-20230627
-VCLUSTER_CHART_VERSION = 0.16.4
+VCLUSTER_CHART_VERSION = 0.19.5
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
 ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))
diff --git a/pkg/constants/constants.go b/pkg/constants/constants.go
index 7a2b37b24..2a5d16526 100644
--- a/pkg/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/constants/constants.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import "os"
 
 var (
 	// DefaultVClusterVersion is the default version of the virtual cluster to use
-	DefaultVClusterVersion = "0.16.4"
+	DefaultVClusterVersion = "0.19.5"
 
 	// DefaultVClusterChartName is the default chart name of the virtual cluster to use
 	DefaultVClusterChartName = "vcluster"