diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/Chart.lock b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/Chart.lock
index 55050dd31..f4216a23a 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/Chart.lock
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/Chart.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: gitea
   repository: https://dl.gitea.com/charts/
-  version: 12.5.3
+  version: 12.6.0
 - name: actions
   repository: https://dl.gitea.com/charts/
   version: 0.1.0
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ dependencies:
 - name: volsync-target
   repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
   version: 2.0.0
-digest: sha256:d4f3ba631c0a2e0b6b57bda23544f32a25dee0e0b4b8a7be2dc7f648704b6d92
-generated: "2026-05-14T14:05:30.803843042Z"
+digest: sha256:0ed2df9ddb849bf5b0734e346e8a0e2f96c50fdf3409266ec075db051de4881d
+generated: "2026-05-15T23:09:09.454326404Z"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/Chart.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/Chart.yaml
index b5bb4826b..3309c7b40 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/Chart.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/Chart.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ maintainers:
   - name: alexlebens
 dependencies:
   - name: gitea
-    version: 12.5.3
+    version: 12.6.0
     repository: https://dl.gitea.com/charts/
   - name: actions
     alias: gitea-actions
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ dependencies:
     repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
 icon: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons@main/png/gitea.png
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=go-gitea/gitea
-appVersion: 1.26.0
+appVersion: 1.26.1
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/values.yaml
index 07c52cfd6..58df153e8 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/gitea/values.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ gitea:
       maxUnavailable: 1
   image:
     repository: gitea/gitea
-    tag: 1.25.5
+    tag: 1.26.1
   service:
     http:
       type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/hosts/ps10rp/gitea/compose.yaml b/hosts/ps10rp/gitea/compose.yaml
index 0c0f7966e..1525ec478 100644
--- a/hosts/ps10rp/gitea/compose.yaml
+++ b/hosts/ps10rp/gitea/compose.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ services:
             - postgresql18:/var/lib/postgresql
 
     gitea:
-        image: gitea/gitea:1.26.0@sha256:af07b88edbb2173d20932f9c75ebcf4e61d7d5c2d6a7ab5cc6b97cba28aea352
+        image: gitea/gitea:1.26.1@sha256:d8667667b4ccbd1f67b86a376bffcc0a17b16cf71309ed04e3918231776d47dd
         container_name: gitea
         depends_on:
             - postgresql