diff --git a/docker/gitea/Dockerfile b/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
index 40c579e380..5b06ac27d1 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.18-bullseye AS build-env
 
 LABEL maintainer="infra-root@openstack.org"
 
-ARG GITEA_VERSION="v1.17.2"
+ARG GITEA_VERSION="v1.17.3"
 ENV TAGS "bindata $TAGS"
 
 #Build deps
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
index 776ff8a367..025f077cf5 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@
         chdir: /etc/gitea-docker/
     - name: Run docker prune to cleanup unneeded images
       shell:
-        cmd: docker image prune -f
+        # Keep images around for 3 days before pruning them. Allows for
+        # easy rollback if necessary. Note "3d" seems to be rejected by
+        # docker but 72 hours == 3 days.
+        cmd: docker image prune -f --filter "until=72h"
 
 # User management outside of service bringup to avoid confusion between
 # the two stages.