diff --git a/VERSION_MATRIX.md b/VERSION_MATRIX.md
index 9288a515f74ec657173211c2210730c1963ede8c..b3385c8aa323cf56a020d11f6a21e364e6f7d7eb 100644
--- a/VERSION_MATRIX.md
+++ b/VERSION_MATRIX.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Topmost entry = Tag `latest`
 
 | R     | Python  | Jupyter Hub | Jupyter Lab | code‑server (Code) | RStudio       | Neovim | Git    | Git LFS | Pandoc | CRAN date  | Linux distro |
 |:------|:--------|:------------|:------------|:-------------------|:--------------|:-------|:-------|:--------|:-------|:-----------|:-------------|
-| 4.4.3 | 3.12.9  | 5.2.1       | 4.3.5       | 4.97.2 (1.97.2)    | 2024.12.1+563 | 0.10.4 | 2.48.1 | 3.6.1   | 3.4    | 2025‑02‑28 | Debian 12    |
+| 4.4.3 | 3.12.9  | 5.2.1       | 4.3.5       | 4.98.0 (1.98.0)    | 2024.12.1+563 | 0.10.4 | 2.48.1 | 3.6.1   | 3.4    | 2025‑02‑28 | Debian 12    |
 | 4.4.2 | 3.12.9  | 5.2.1       | 4.3.5       | 4.97.2 (1.97.2)    | 2024.12.1+563 | 0.10.4 | 2.48.1 | 3.6.1   | 3.4    | 2025‑02‑28 | Debian 12    |
 | 4.4.1 | 3.12.7  | 5.2.1       | 4.2.5       | 4.93.1 (1.93.1)    | 2024.09.0+375 | 0.10.2 | 2.47.0 | 3.5.1   | 3.2    | 2024‑10‑31 | Debian 12    |
 | 4.4.0 | 3.12.4  | 5.0.0       | 4.2.2       | 4.90.0 (1.90.0)    | 2024.04.2+764 | n/a    | 2.45.2 | 3.5.1   | 3.1.11 | 2024‑06‑14 | Debian 12    |
diff --git a/base/latest.Dockerfile b/base/latest.Dockerfile
index 55def760cc1e3c6f307cf706148c3dcd57ead1b4..e7145d3780e6a4ee19518cdd4b66e93e0080114f 100644
--- a/base/latest.Dockerfile
+++ b/base/latest.Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ARG NB_UID=1000
 ARG JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=5.2.1
 ARG JUPYTERLAB_VERSION=4.3.5
 ARG CODE_BUILTIN_EXTENSIONS_DIR=/opt/code-server/lib/vscode/extensions
-ARG CODE_SERVER_VERSION=4.97.2
+ARG CODE_SERVER_VERSION=4.98.0
 ARG RSTUDIO_VERSION
 ARG NEOVIM_VERSION=0.10.4
 ARG GIT_VERSION=2.48.1