diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-default-containers.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-default-containers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e093c5a129a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-default-containers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers.
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/completion/docker.txt b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/completion/docker.txt
index bd6f89dbcd0..eeaa50458b9 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/completion/docker.txt
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/completion/docker.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 base image=quay.io/ansible/base-test-container:4.1.0 python=3.11,2.7,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10
-default image=quay.io/ansible/default-test-container:8.0.0 python=3.11,2.7,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10 context=collection
-default image=quay.io/ansible/ansible-core-test-container:8.0.0 python=3.11,2.7,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10 context=ansible-core
+default image=quay.io/ansible/default-test-container:8.1.0 python=3.11,2.7,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10 context=collection
+default image=quay.io/ansible/ansible-core-test-container:8.1.0 python=3.11,2.7,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10 context=ansible-core
 alpine3 image=quay.io/ansible/alpine3-test-container:5.0.0 python=3.10 cgroup=none audit=none
 centos7 image=quay.io/ansible/centos7-test-container:5.0.0 python=2.7 cgroup=v1-only
 fedora37 image=quay.io/ansible/fedora37-test-container:5.0.0 python=3.11