diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 26ceae1f..eeed7899 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ include:
     # API changes. If you need new features from ci-templates you must bump
     # this to the current SHA you require from the ci-templates repo, however
     # be aware that you may need to account for API changes when doing so.
-    ref: 32afe5644697e503af18a736587c8619fa036a72
+    ref: 48c2c583a865bd59be21e8938df247faf460099c
     file:
       - '/templates/debian.yml'
       - '/templates/freebsd.yml'
@@ -306,11 +306,11 @@ armv7-release-debian-build:
 .os-freebsd:
   variables:
     BUILD_OS: freebsd
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: "14.2"
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: "14.3"
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: 'libxslt meson ninja pkgconf expat libffi libepoll-shim libxml2'
     # bump this tag every time you change something which requires rebuilding the
     # base image
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "2025-06-23.1"
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "2025-07-20.0"
     # Don't build documentation since installing the required tools massively
     # increases the VM image (and therefore container) size.
     MESON_ARGS: "--fatal-meson-warnings -Dwerror=true -Ddocumentation=false"