diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/rust.yml b/.gitea/workflows/rust.yml
index 4c84f7e..95b8942 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
     clippy & fmt:
         runs-on: alpine
-        container: rust:alpine
+        container: node:26-alpine # keep node image for checkout to work
         env:
             CARGO_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Install tools
               run: |
-                  apk add --no-cache git
+                  apk add --no-cache git cargo rust
                   rustup component add clippy rustfmt
 
             - name: Clippy (with compile check)