diff --git a/apps/wave-1/gitea-actions.yaml b/apps/wave-1/gitea-actions.yaml
index 097bd65..7fa9590 100644
--- a/apps/wave-1/gitea-actions.yaml
+++ b/apps/wave-1/gitea-actions.yaml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         # ---- act_runner: registers with Gitea, dispatches jobs to the DinD daemon ----
         - name: runner
-          image: gitea/act_runner:0.2.11
+          image: gitea/act_runner:0.6.1
           # No `command:` override. The image's own entrypoint (/sbin/tini -- /opt/act/run.sh)
           # registers from env on first boot and runs `act_runner daemon`. The two wait-loops
           # that used to live here are gone: kubelet now holds this container until the dind