diff --git a/docker/gitea/Dockerfile b/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
index 5e31172e1b..a4f6042eea 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.16-bullseye AS build-env
 
 LABEL maintainer="infra-root@openstack.org"
 
-ARG GITEA_VERSION="v1.14.7"
+ARG GITEA_VERSION="v1.15.3"
 ENV TAGS "bindata $TAGS"
 
 #Build deps
diff --git a/docker/gitea/custom/public/robots.txt b/docker/gitea/custom/robots.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/gitea/custom/public/robots.txt
rename to docker/gitea/custom/robots.txt
diff --git a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
index ea5870f9b1..1e96c6c5f4 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
+++ b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="ui container" id="navbar">
 	<div class="item brand" style="justify-content: space-between;">
 		<a href="{{AppSubUrl}}/">
-			<img class="ui mini image" with="30" height="30" src="{{StaticUrlPrefix}}/img/logo.svg">
+			<img class="ui mini image" width="30" height="30" src="{{AssetUrlPrefix}}/img/logo.svg">
 		</a>
 		<div class="ui basic icon button mobile-only" id="navbar-expand-toggle">
 			<i class="sidebar icon"></i>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 	{{template "custom/extra_links" .}}
 
-	{{/*
+	{{/* TODO
 		<div class="item">
 		<div class="ui icon input">
 		<input class="searchbox" type="text" placeholder="{{.i18n.Tr "search_project"}}">
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 							class="ui button mini compact basic icon fitted poping up"
 							data-content="{{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.cancel_tracking"}}"
 							data-position="top right" data-variation="small inverted"
-						>{{svg "octicon-trashcan"}}</button>
+						>{{svg "octicon-trash"}}</button>
 					</form>
 				</div>
 			</div>
@@ -157,10 +157,12 @@
 						{{svg "octicon-person"}}
 						{{.i18n.Tr "your_profile"}}<!-- Your profile -->
 					</a>
-					<a class="item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{.SignedUser.Name}}?tab=stars">
-						{{svg "octicon-star"}}
-						{{.i18n.Tr "your_starred"}}
-					</a>
+					{{if not .DisableStars}}
+						<a class="item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{.SignedUser.Name}}?tab=stars">
+							{{svg "octicon-star"}}
+							{{.i18n.Tr "your_starred"}}
+						</a>
+					{{end}}
 					<a class="{{if .PageIsUserSettings}}active{{end}} item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/user/settings">
 						{{svg "octicon-tools"}}
 						{{.i18n.Tr "your_settings"}}<!-- Your settings -->
diff --git a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/home.tmpl b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/home.tmpl
index d5dab01456..0670b6d49c 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/home.tmpl
+++ b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/home.tmpl
@@ -3,23 +3,23 @@
     <div class="ui stackable middle very relaxed page grid">
         <div class="sixteen wide center aligned centered column">
             <div class="hero" id="opendev">
-                <img alt="OpenDev" class="logo" src="/img/opendev.svg" />
+                <img alt="OpenDev" class="logo" src="{{AssetUrlPrefix}}/img/opendev.svg" />
             </div>
         </div>
         <div class="four wide center aligned centered column">
-            <div><img alt="Gitea" src="/img/git.svg" width="60"></div>
+            <div><img alt="Gitea" src="{{AssetUrlPrefix}}/img/git.svg" width="60"></div>
             <a href="https://opendev.org/explore/organizations">Code hosting</a>
             </div>
             <div class="four wide center aligned centered column">
-                <div><img alt="Gerrit" src="/img/gerrit.svg" width="60"></div>
+                <div><img alt="Gerrit" src="{{AssetUrlPrefix}}/img/gerrit.svg" width="60"></div>
                 <a href="https://review.opendev.org/">Code review</a>
             </div>
             <div class="four wide center aligned centered column">
-                <div><img alt="Zuul CI" src="/img/zuul.svg" width="60"></div>
+                <div><img alt="Zuul CI" src="{{AssetUrlPrefix}}/img/zuul.svg" width="60"></div>
                 <a href="https://zuul.opendev.org/">Continuous integration</a>
             </div>
             <div class="four wide center aligned centered column">
-                <div><img alt="Etherpad" src="/img/etherpad.svg" width="60"></div>
+                <div><img alt="Etherpad" src="{{AssetUrlPrefix}}/img/etherpad.svg" width="60"></div>
                 <a href="https://etherpad.opendev.org/">Collaborative editing</a>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/repo/header.tmpl b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/repo/header.tmpl
index c49816c78f..26efb27453 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/repo/header.tmpl
+++ b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/repo/header.tmpl
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 							{{end}}
 						{{end}}
 						{{if .IsArchived}}
-						  <span class="ui basic label">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.desc.archived"}}</span>
+							<span class="ui basic label">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.desc.archived"}}</span>
 						{{end}}
 					</div>
 				</div>
-				{{if .IsMirror}}<div class="fork-flag">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.mirror_from"}} <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{if .SanitizedOriginalURL}}{{.SanitizedOriginalURL}}{{else}}{{MirrorAddress $.Mirror}}{{end}}">{{if .SanitizedOriginalURL}}{{.SanitizedOriginalURL}}{{else}}{{MirrorAddress $.Mirror}}{{end}}</a></div>{{end}}
+				{{if .IsMirror}}<div class="fork-flag">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.mirror_from"}} <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{if .SanitizedOriginalURL}}{{.SanitizedOriginalURL}}{{else}}{{(MirrorRemoteAddress $.Mirror).Address}}{{end}}">{{if .SanitizedOriginalURL}}{{.SanitizedOriginalURL}}{{else}}{{(MirrorRemoteAddress $.Mirror).Address}}{{end}}</a></div>{{end}}
 				{{if .IsFork}}<div class="fork-flag">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.forked_from"}} <a href="{{.BaseRepo.Link}}">{{SubStr .BaseRepo.RelLink 1 -1}}</a></div>{{end}}
 				{{if .IsGenerated}}<div class="fork-flag">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.generated_from"}} <a href="{{.TemplateRepo.Link}}">{{SubStr .TemplateRepo.RelLink 1 -1}}</a></div>{{end}}
 			</div>
@@ -72,17 +72,19 @@
 							</a>
 						</div>
 					</form>
-					<form method="post" action="{{$.RepoLink}}/action/{{if $.IsStaringRepo}}un{{end}}star?redirect_to={{$.Link}}">
-						{{$.CsrfTokenHtml}}
-						<div class="ui labeled button{{if not $.IsSigned}} poping up{{end}}" tabindex="0"{{if not $.IsSigned}} data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.star_guest_user" }}" data-position="top center" data-variation="tiny"{{end}}>
-							<button type="submit" class="ui compact small basic button"{{if not $.IsSigned}} disabled{{end}}>
-								{{if $.IsStaringRepo}}{{svg "octicon-star-fill"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.unstar"}}{{else}}{{svg "octicon-star"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.star"}}{{end}}
-							</button>
-							<a class="ui basic label" href="{{.Link}}/stars">
-								{{CountFmt .NumStars}}
-							</a>
-						</div>
-					</form>
+					{{if not $.DisableStars}}
+						<form method="post" action="{{$.RepoLink}}/action/{{if $.IsStaringRepo}}un{{end}}star?redirect_to={{$.Link}}">
+							{{$.CsrfTokenHtml}}
+							<div class="ui labeled button{{if not $.IsSigned}} poping up{{end}}" tabindex="0"{{if not $.IsSigned}} data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.star_guest_user" }}" data-position="top center" data-variation="tiny"{{end}}>
+								<button type="submit" class="ui compact small basic button"{{if not $.IsSigned}} disabled{{end}}>
+									{{if $.IsStaringRepo}}{{svg "octicon-star-fill"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.unstar"}}{{else}}{{svg "octicon-star"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.star"}}{{end}}
+								</button>
+								<a class="ui basic label" href="{{.Link}}/stars">
+									{{CountFmt .NumStars}}
+								</a>
+							</div>
+						</form>
+					{{end}}
 					{{if and (not .IsEmpty) ($.Permission.CanRead $.UnitTypeCode)}}
 						<div class="ui labeled button{{if not $.CanSignedUserFork}} poping up disabled{{end}}"{{if and (not $.CanSignedUserFork) $.IsSigned}} data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.fork_from_self"}}" {{else if not $.IsSigned}} data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.fork_guest_user"}}"{{end}} data-position="top center" data-variation="tiny" tabindex="0">
 							<a class="ui compact small basic button"{{if $.CanSignedUserFork}} href="{{AppSubUrl}}/repo/fork/{{.ID}}"{{end}}>
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2 b/playbooks/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
index 21cb861a7a..791359a844 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ LOG_SQL  = false
 [repository]
 ROOT = /data/git/repositories
 DISABLED_REPO_UNITS = repo.issues,repo.pulls,repo.wiki,repo.projects
+DISABLE_STARS = true
 
 [indexer]
 ISSUE_INDEXER_PATH = /data/gitea/indexers/issues.bleve