diff --git a/pkg/addons/addons.go b/pkg/addons/addons.go
index 6f548892df..0b14b0817c 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/addons.go
+++ b/pkg/addons/addons.go
@@ -451,6 +451,12 @@ func enableOrDisableAutoPause(cc *config.ClusterConfig, name string, val string)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "parsing bool: %s", name)
 	}
+	out.Infof("auto-pause addon is an alpha feature and still in early development. Please file issues to help us make it better.")
+	out.Infof("https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/labels/co%2Fauto-pause")
+
+	if !driver.IsKIC(cc.Driver) || runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
+		exit.Message(reason.Usage, `auto-pause currently is only supported on docker driver/docker runtime/amd64. Track progress of others here: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/10601`)
+	}
 	co := mustload.Running(cc.Name)
 	if enable {
 		if err := sysinit.New(co.CP.Runner).EnableNow("auto-pause"); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index c3dfa958d2..95aa2b1bf1 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// Version is the current version of kic
-	Version = "v0.0.17-1613934488-10548"
+	Version = "v0.0.17-1614202509-10427"
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "5cacd48d07f699a171eedf65ef1490bd59a523ffcd90662e3b66eb838c5a1b5d"
+	baseImageSHA = "93f2448d272ebad3d564c04474cafe03bb7440149c241d1d010b2e90e14da213"
 	// The name of the GCR kicbase repository
 	gcrRepo = "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds"
 	// The name of the Dockerhub kicbase repository
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
index 6d582258f3..b3744343fe 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ minikube start [flags]
       --apiserver-names strings           A set of apiserver names which are used in the generated certificate for kubernetes.  This can be used if you want to make the apiserver available from outside the machine
       --apiserver-port int                The apiserver listening port (default 8443)
       --auto-update-drivers               If set, automatically updates drivers to the latest version. Defaults to true. (default true)
-      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.17-1613861585-10427@sha256:c0827e1b58f31cbfeb871af9c7656e5822bd97dd0011b9edd45ddd1ee9ef9dfd")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.17-1614202509-10427@sha256:93f2448d272ebad3d564c04474cafe03bb7440149c241d1d010b2e90e14da213")
       --cache-images                      If true, cache docker images for the current bootstrapper and load them into the machine. Always false with --driver=none. (default true)
       --cni string                        CNI plug-in to use. Valid options: auto, bridge, calico, cilium, flannel, kindnet, or path to a CNI manifest (default: auto)
       --container-runtime string          The container runtime to be used (docker, cri-o, containerd). (default "docker")