diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e0adc798f..33f0e933a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 variables:
   FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: wayland/weston
   FDO_REPO_SUFFIX: "$BUILD_OS-$FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION/$BUILD_ARCH"
-  FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2025-12-16-bump-to-trixie'
+  FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2025-12-16-wayland-protocols-1.46'
 
 
 include:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh b/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
index 971cae802..cc773b79e 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ rm -rf wayland
 # Keep this version in sync with our dependency in meson.build. If you wish to
 # raise a MR against custom protocol, please change this reference to clone
 # your relevant tree, and make sure you bump $FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG.
-git clone --branch 1.44 --depth=1 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols
+git clone --branch 1.46 --depth=1 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols
 cd wayland-protocols
 git show -s HEAD
 meson setup build --wrap-mode=nofallback -Dtests=false