diff --git a/apps/wave-0/qbittorrent.yaml b/apps/wave-0/qbittorrent.yaml
index 2964348..47899d0 100644
--- a/apps/wave-0/qbittorrent.yaml
+++ b/apps/wave-0/qbittorrent.yaml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: qbittorrent
-        image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:5.1.2
+        image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:5.3.0
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
         env:
diff --git a/catalog/qbittorrent.yaml b/catalog/qbittorrent.yaml
index 53f8674..e57fc30 100644
--- a/catalog/qbittorrent.yaml
+++ b/catalog/qbittorrent.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 name: qbittorrent
 kind: container
 source:
-  image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:5.1.2   # pinned stable tag (R-UPD-01); update.range governs advancement
+  image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:5.3.0   # pinned stable tag (R-UPD-01); update.range governs advancement
 # LinuxServer images run their service as the user `abc`, whose uid/gid these two set. They are
 # LOAD-BEARING FOR THE BULK MOUNT, not cosmetic — exactly as on sonarr/radarr. Measured on prod
 # 2026-09-12 BEFORE this change: `id` inside the container reported the qbittorrent-nox process as