diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4ee2f661b0efce6c63081b521bb67257ae47429b..ab5d78a948bb8632af22f648e5fc02677f999a11 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ check-semantic-version:
 .gitlab-opentofu-image:build:base:
   extends: '.image-matrix:build'
   stage: build
-  image: quay.io/containers/buildah:v1.37.5
+  image: quay.io/containers/buildah:v1.38.0
   before_script:
     # Supporting GitLab dependency proxies:
     # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/packages/dependency_proxy/