diff --git a/tools/promtail.sh b/tools/promtail.sh
index b3a7a65faf..ed00708bca 100755
--- a/tools/promtail.sh
+++ b/tools/promtail.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ INSTANCEURL="${3:-}"
 NAMESPACE="${4:-default}"
 CONTAINERROOT="${5:-/var/lib/docker}"
 PARSER="${6:-- cri: {}}"
-VERSION="${PROMTAIL_VERSION:-2.7.1}"
+VERSION="${PROMTAIL_VERSION:-3.4.2}"
 
 if [ -z "${INSTANCEID}" ] || [ -z "${APIKEY}" ] || [ -z "${INSTANCEURL}" ] || [ -z "${NAMESPACE}" ] || [ -z "${CONTAINERROOT}" ] || [ -z "${PARSER}" ]; then
     echo "usage: $0 <instanceId> <apiKey> <url> [<namespace>[<container_root_path>[<parser>]]]"