diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ed4c7da7c..c7851fbf7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ variables:
     FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: xorg/xserver
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: buster-slim
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_EXEC: 'env FDO_CI_CONCURRENT=${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT} bash .gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh'
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "2021-07-09"
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "2021-10-22"
 
 include:
   - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh b/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
index 16003e8a4..89ca49e14 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ ninja -C _build -j${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4} install
 cd ..
 rm -rf wayland
 
-# Xwayland requires wayland-protocols >= 1.18, but Debian buster has 1.17 only
-git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols.git --depth 1 --branch=1.18
+# Xwayland requires wayland-protocols >= 1.22, but Debian buster has 1.17 only
+git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols.git --depth 1 --branch=1.22
 cd wayland-protocols
 ./autogen.sh
 make -j${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4} install