diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
index 4d8ca83cb37e..b0386cd3a1fc 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
 #
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross-arch riscv64 debian-sid qemu-minimal
+#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross-arch riscv64 debian-13 qemu-minimal
 #
 # https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
 
-FROM docker.io/library/debian:sid-slim
+FROM docker.io/library/debian:trixie-slim
 
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
     apt-get update && \
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/refresh b/tests/lcitool/refresh
index 6720516b9423..53f8d2585f82 100755
--- a/tests/lcitool/refresh
+++ b/tests/lcitool/refresh
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ try:
                         trailer=cross_build("powerpc64le-linux-gnu-",
                                             "ppc64-softmmu,ppc64-linux-user"))
 
-    generate_dockerfile("debian-riscv64-cross", "debian-sid",
+    # while not yet a release architecture the packages are still
+    # build while part of testing
+    generate_dockerfile("debian-riscv64-cross", "debian-13",
                         project="qemu-minimal",
                         cross="riscv64",
                         trailer=cross_build("riscv64-linux-gnu-",