diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 641e9a68..6dac7b90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -555,9 +555,9 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ format('zigcc {0} {1}', matrix.zig_target, matrix.zig_pic) }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     #container: 'alpine:3.22'
-    #container: ${{ contains(matrix.qemu, 'qemu-ppc64') && 'alpine:3.19' || 'alpine:3.21' }}
-    #container: ${{ (matrix.qemu == 'qemu-ppc64') && 'alpine:edge' || 'alpine:3.21' }}
-    container: ${{ (matrix.qemu == 'qemu-aarch64') && 'alpine:3.19' || 'alpine:3.22' }}
+    #container: ${{ contains(matrix.qemu, 'qemu-ppc64') && 'alpine:3.19' || 'alpine:3.22' }}
+    #container: ${{ (matrix.qemu == 'qemu-ppc64') && 'alpine:edge' || 'alpine:3.22' }}
+    container: ${{ (matrix.qemu == 'qemu-aarch64' && matrix.zig_pic == '-fPIE') && 'alpine:3.18' || 'alpine:3.22' }}
     env:
       UPX_CONFIG_HAVE_WORKING_BUILD_RPATH: ''
       # for zig-cc wrapper scripts (see below):