diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03015ecd1..823c0bf61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ variables:
   PYTEST_BLUEZENV_VERSION: 'pytest-bluezenv==0.1.5'
   BLUEZENV_BZIMAGE: 'https://github.com/pv/bluez-test-functional-kernel/releases/download/2026-05-08.1/bzImage-v7.0-cfg3ed20edd'
 
-# ci-templates as of Mar 25th 2024
-.templates_sha: &templates_sha ef5e4669b7500834a17ffe9277e15fbb6d977fff
+# ci-templates as of Jun 22nd 2026
+.templates_sha: &templates_sha c117daf8216a5f586588cf6c14718e349df32cb3
 
 include:
   - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ include:
   - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
     ref: *templates_sha
     file: '/templates/debian.yml'
+  - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
+    ref: *templates_sha
+    file: '/templates/freebsd.yml'
 
 .fedora:
   variables:
     # Update this tag when you want to trigger a rebuild
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2026-05-12.1'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2026-06-22.0'
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: '44'
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: >-
       alsa-lib-devel
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ include:
 .ubuntu:
   variables:
     # Update this tag when you want to trigger a rebuild
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2025-05-10.0'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2026-06-22.0'
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: '22.04'
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: >-
       debhelper-compat
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ include:
 .debian:
   variables:
      # Update this tag when you want to trigger a rebuild
-    BASE_TAG: '2025-08-10.0'
+    BASE_TAG: '2026-06-22.0'
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 'trixie'
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: >-
       build-essential
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ include:
 .alpine:
   variables:
     # Update this tag when you want to trigger a rebuild
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2025-03-25.0'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2026-06-22.0'
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: '3.20'
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: >-
       alsa-lib-dev
@@ -226,6 +229,35 @@ include:
       vulkan-loader-dev
       xmltoman
 
+.freebsd:
+  variables:
+    # Update this tag when you want to trigger a rebuild
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2026-06-22.0'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: '15.1'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: >-
+      audio/ebur128
+      audio/jack
+      audio/libsndfile
+      audio/opus
+      audio/webrtc-audio-processing
+      devel/dbus
+      devel/gettext-runtime
+      devel/gettext-tools
+      devel/glib20
+      devel/libepoll-shim
+      devel/libinotify
+      devel/libudev-devd
+      devel/meson
+      devel/ncurses
+      devel/ninja
+      devel/pkgconf
+      devel/readline
+      math/fftw3
+      math/fftw3-float
+      multimedia/gstreamer1
+      multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins
+      multimedia/v4l_compat
+
 .coverity:
   variables:
     FDO_REPO_SUFFIX: 'coverity'
@@ -312,6 +344,15 @@ container_alpine:
   variables:
     GIT_STRATEGY: none # no need to pull the whole tree for rebuilding the image
 
+qemu_freebsd:
+  extends:
+    - .freebsd
+    - .fdo.qemu-build@freebsd
+    - .not_coverity
+  stage: container
+  variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: none # no need to pull the whole tree for rebuilding the image
+
 container_coverity:
   extends:
     - .fedora
@@ -520,6 +561,19 @@ build_on_alpine:
   variables:
     MESON_OPTIONS: "-Dsession-managers=[] -Dsnap=disabled -Dlogind=enabled -Dlogind-provider=libelogind"
 
+build_on_freebsd:
+  extends:
+    - .freebsd
+    - .not_coverity
+    - .fdo.distribution-image@freebsd
+    - .build
+  stage: build
+  needs:
+    - job: qemu_freebsd
+      artifacts: false
+  variables:
+    MESON_OPTIONS: "-Dsession-managers=[] -Dsnap=disabled -Dlogind=disabled"
+
 # build with all auto() options enabled
 build_all:
   extends: