diff --git a/.woodpecker/release.yml b/.woodpecker/release.yml
index 3b06bfe..a0bdfa1 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/release.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pipeline:
     # Disabled for now because I'm trying to get infinite build times to stop :-(.
     # Suspect a kernel bug but any workaround will do for now.
     #image: "docker.bics.ga/rei_ci/rust-sccache:latest-${ARCH}"
-    image: "rust:1.56.1"
+    image: "rust:1.61"
     commands:
       - apt-get -qq update && apt-get -yqq install pkg-config libssl-dev build-essential libolm-dev cmake
       - cargo build --release