diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/alpine/x86_64_build.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/alpine/x86_64_build.sh
index 456f2d2096b..4b252c374a1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/alpine/x86_64_build.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/alpine/x86_64_build.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ pip3 install --break-system-packages sphinx===8.2.3 hawkmoth===0.19.0
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
 
+. .gitlab-ci/container/build-rust.sh
+
 EXTRA_MESON_ARGS='--prefix=/usr' \
 . .gitlab-ci/container/build-wayland.sh
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
index b9fd57c0d2a..c9629deb4dd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ variables:
   DEBIAN_TEST_VIDEO_TAG: "20250813-vector"
   DEBIAN_TEST_VK_TAG: "20250911-piglit"
 
-  ALPINE_X86_64_BUILD_TAG: "20250722-libwayland"
+  ALPINE_X86_64_BUILD_TAG: "20250917-rust"
   ALPINE_X86_64_LAVA_SSH_TAG: "20250423-rootfs"
   ALPINE_X86_64_LAVA_TRIGGER_TAG: "20250814-trixie"