diff --git a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
index 0aa43dda7..fa13f397f 100644
--- a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
+++ b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+- commits:
+    - subject: use genericx86-64-ext image for testing the workflow
+      hash: 20435d215d18aba21502871cd8249437c39914a1
+      body: >
+        Using genericx86-64-ext as its smaller, faster to build and the repo is
+        blocked less often
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+        Signed-off-by: Ryan Cooke <ryan@balena.io>
+        signed-off-by: Ryan Cooke <ryan@balena.io>
+      author: rcooke-warwick
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.25.46
+  title: ""
+  date: 2024-09-27T15:13:10.481Z
 - commits:
     - subject: fix check of finalize value
       hash: 8d17204120d75bfc6aba1f793163e7deb2008a1f
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1eb2b22dc..307b1455e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 automatically by Versionist. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+# v1.25.46
+## (2024-09-27)
+
+* use genericx86-64-ext image for testing the workflow [rcooke-warwick]
+
 # v1.25.45
 ## (2024-09-19)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 473934a8b..883fd3a69 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.25.45
\ No newline at end of file
+1.25.46
\ No newline at end of file