diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 8bbae613e..7d57aeb14 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ variables:
   # as well. Otherwise release builds can fail if Lemmy or dependencies rely on new Rust
   # features. In particular the ARM builder image needs to be updated manually in the repo below:
   # https://github.com/raskyld/lemmy-cross-toolchains
-  - &rust_image "rust:1.81"
-  - &rust_nightly_image "rustlang/rust:nightly"
+  - &rust_image "rust:1.81-slim"
+  - &rust_nightly_image "rustlang/rust:nightly-slim"
   - &install_pnpm "corepack enable pnpm"
   - &install_binstall "wget -O- https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/releases/latest/download/cargo-binstall-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tgz | tar -xvz -C /usr/local/cargo/bin"
   - install_diesel_cli: &install_diesel_cli