diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b16cc4248..cf0f8fc4b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ variables:
     XORG_DEBIAN_VERSION:  'bullseye-slim'
     XORG_DEBIAN_EXEC:     'env FDO_CI_CONCURRENT=${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT} bash .gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh'
     XORG_DEBIAN_TAG:      '2025-02-12-xvmc'
-    XORG_FREEBSD_VERSION: '14.0'
+    XORG_FREEBSD_VERSION: '14.1'
     XORG_FREEBSD_EXEC:    ''
-    XORG_FREEBSD_TAG:     '2025-02-12-fix-freebsd-xcb'
+    XORG_FREEBSD_TAG:     '2024-06-10.0-1'
 
 include:
   - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ freebsd:
       - /app/vmctl start
       - set +e
       - scp -r $PWD "vm:"
+      # need to install extra packages, as long as image cant be rebuilt
+      - /app/vmctl exec "pkg update && pkg add libxvmc xcb-util xcb-util-wm"
       # need to install newer xorgproto
       - /app/vmctl exec "cd $CI_PROJECT_NAME/dep.xorgproto && ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr && make && make install"
       - /app/vmctl exec "cd $CI_PROJECT_NAME && PKG_CONFIG_PATH=\"$PKG_CONFIG_PATH\" MESON_ARGS=\"$MESON_ARGS\" MESON_BUILDDIR=\"$MESON_BUILDDIR\" .gitlab-ci/meson-build.sh --skip-test" && touch .success