diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cc83b5f4b9cc64b44f6aa4b8154eb1ca124578ed..74d7cb37a9fdcbe7fec0da9f6b4679f949b71afa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include:
- - remote: 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/ci-templates/-/raw/b61a03cabbf308e81289f7aaaf0b5a80a34ffb99/templates/fedora.yml'
+ - remote: 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/ci-templates/-/raw/593a0a5fe35a523a646a7efae5471c9759b8fba3/templates/fedora.yml'
 
 variables:
   FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: gnome/gnome-initial-setup
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ stages:
     # to the release number/branch to ensure that
     # a new image will be created, tailored for the
     # stable branch.
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2024-06-10.01-main'
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 40
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2024-10-17.01-main'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 42
+    # Workaround for https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Infrastructure/-/issues/1247
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_EXEC: |
+      rm -r /var/lib/gdm/.config
 
 # See also https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/ci-templates
 build.container.fedora@x86_64:
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2a3f82f13ed238fa859968869f032087146d4896..811430adf9970a45a6fd2d875fedfe572e90b42a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('gnome-initial-setup',
         ['c'],
-        version: '47.2',
+        version: '48.alpha',
         license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
         meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
 )