diff --git a/.changeset/fresh-swans-attend.md b/.changeset/fresh-swans-attend.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dfcacc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fresh-swans-attend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/cli": patch
+---
+
+Bump CLI default SDK version from alpha.37 to alpha.38.
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/config.ts b/apps/cli/src/config.ts
index aaf6c8e9..3d365207 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/config.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/config.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class InvalidStringArrayError extends Error {
  */
 const DEFAULT_FORMAT = "ext2";
 const DEFAULT_RAM = "128Mi";
-export const DEFAULT_SDK_VERSION = "0.12.0-alpha.37";
+export const DEFAULT_SDK_VERSION = "0.12.0-alpha.38";
 export const DEFAULT_SDK_IMAGE = "cartesi/sdk";
 export const PREFERRED_PORT = 6751;