diff --git a/webserver/docker_gitlab/templates/docker-compose.yml b/webserver/docker_gitlab/templates/docker-compose.yml
index fe57d498fa6e5c128150b5c8f16abd3759329d2f..f2f908f2b271dcc1fff20788f5a76bdcf9382e4a 100644
--- a/webserver/docker_gitlab/templates/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/webserver/docker_gitlab/templates/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ services:
 
   app:
 
-    image: gitlab/gitlab-ce:latest
+    # Version pinned due to upgrade problems with 17.9.x  
+    image: gitlab/gitlab-ce:17.8.6-ce.0
     restart: always
     ports:
       - "444:22"