diff --git a/roles/gitlab_runner/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitlab_runner/defaults/main.yml
index 38c1e59..14c7feb 100644
--- a/roles/gitlab_runner/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitlab_runner/defaults/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ gitlabrunner_config_location: "{{ gitlabrunner_install_location }}/config"
 # The runner image & tag/version to be used
 gitlabrunner_image: "docker.io/gitlab/gitlab-runner"
 # renovate: depName=docker.io/gitlab/gitlab-runner
-gitlabrunner_image_version: "alpine-v13.6.0"
+gitlabrunner_image_version: "v13.8.0"
+gitlabrunner_image_variant: "alpine-{{ gitlabrunner_image_version }}"
 
 # Extra paths that should be created (eg. to be mounted in the container)
 gitlabrunner_extra_paths: []
diff --git a/roles/gitlab_runner/templates/docker-compose.yml b/roles/gitlab_runner/templates/docker-compose.yml
index fb16fea..06a9735 100644
--- a/roles/gitlab_runner/templates/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/roles/gitlab_runner/templates/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 version: '2'
 services:
   runner:
-    image: {{ gitlabrunner_image }}:{{ gitlabrunner_image_version }}
+    image: {{ gitlabrunner_image }}:{{ gitlabrunner_image_variant }}
     mem_limit: 128mb
     memswap_limit: 256mb
     volumes: