diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bc1e874f95..d24b6f318f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ variables:
   #
   # This is done by running `ci-fairy generate-template` and possibly bumping
   # ".default_tag".
-  ALPINE_TAG:  'tag-8e4bbc59695b'
+  ALPINE_TAG:  'tag-9a076a2431b8'
   CENTOS_TAG:  'tag-caf6673db1a7'
   DEBIAN_TAG:  'tag-e394e8e726e1'
   FEDORA_TAG:  'tag-caf6673db1a7'
diff --git a/contrib/alpine/REQUIRED_PACKAGES b/contrib/alpine/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
index c6ae3a4edd..d263d87f94 100755
--- a/contrib/alpine/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
+++ b/contrib/alpine/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ apk add \
     'libnvme-dev' \
     'libnl3-dev' \
     'libpsl-dev' \
-    'libsoup-dev' \
     'libteam-dev' \
     'linux-headers' \
     'meson' \