diff --git a/images/.utils/gitlab-earthly.yaml b/images/.utils/gitlab-earthly.yaml
index bc16a674d51755f16a664b7f5d09ac4e2ade0ce3..b1841e847408372a8c2f42097f2fd59c12bc9ed8 100644
--- a/images/.utils/gitlab-earthly.yaml
+++ b/images/.utils/gitlab-earthly.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .earthly:
-  image: docker.io/earthly/earthly:v0.7.23
+  image: docker.io/earthly/earthly:v0.8.1
   variables:
     DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375
     FORCE_COLOR: 1