diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 842b43d..35d10d0 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ kind: pipeline
 name: "release-please"
 steps:
   - name: release
-    image: marcoieni/release-plz
+    image: marcoieni/release-plz:0.3.16
     commands:
       - release-plz release-pr --token $GITEA_TOKEN --backend gitea
     environments: