diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5c1fd93a..e6912c20 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ variables:
   # changing these will force rebuilding the associated image
   # Note: these tags have no meaning and are not tied to a particular
   # libinput version
-  FEDORA_TAG:  '2025-11-17.0'
-  DEBIAN_TAG:  '2025-11-17.0'
-  UBUNTU_TAG:  '2025-11-17.0'
-  ARCH_TAG:    '2025-11-17.0'
-  ALPINE_TAG:  '2025-11-17.0'
+  FEDORA_TAG:  '2026-01-09.0'
+  DEBIAN_TAG:  '2026-01-09.0'
+  UBUNTU_TAG:  '2026-01-09.0'
+  ARCH_TAG:    '2026-01-09.0'
+  ALPINE_TAG:  '2026-01-09.0'
 
   FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: libinput/libinput
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/config.yml b/.gitlab-ci/config.yml
index 21d45461..04cfc6b1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/config.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/config.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 # We're happy to rebuild all containers when one changes.
-.default_tag: &default_tag '2025-11-17.0'
+.default_tag: &default_tag '2026-01-09.0'
 
 distributions:
   - name: fedora