diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
index 5b6104336..8c0015cf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
         id: downloadffmpeg
         name: Download ffmpeg
         with:
-          url: "https://github.com/GyanD/codexffmpeg/releases/download/2023-10-16-git-5ddab49d48/ffmpeg-2023-10-16-git-5ddab49d48-full_build.7z"
+          url: "https://github.com/GyanD/codexffmpeg/releases/download/6.1/ffmpeg-6.1-full_build.7z"
           target: ffmpeg/
 
       - name: Build
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Infrastructure/Health/Checks/FFmpegVersionHealthCheck.cs b/ErsatzTV.Infrastructure/Health/Checks/FFmpegVersionHealthCheck.cs
index fd11ac947..70f2eecaa 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Infrastructure/Health/Checks/FFmpegVersionHealthCheck.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Infrastructure/Health/Checks/FFmpegVersionHealthCheck.cs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Health.Checks;
 
 public class FFmpegVersionHealthCheck : BaseHealthCheck, IFFmpegVersionHealthCheck
 {
-    private const string BundledVersion = "N-112071-g00a837c70c";
-    private const string BundledVersionVaapi = "N-112071-g00a837c70c";
-    private const string WindowsVersionPrefix = "2023-10-04-git-9078dc0c52";
+    private const string BundledVersion = "6.1";
+    private const string BundledVersionVaapi = "6.1";
+    private const string WindowsVersionPrefix = "6.1";
     private readonly IConfigElementRepository _configElementRepository;
 
     public FFmpegVersionHealthCheck(IConfigElementRepository configElementRepository) =>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class FFmpegVersionHealthCheck : BaseHealthCheck, IFFmpegVersionHealthChe
             version.StartsWith("4.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
             version.StartsWith("5.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
-            return FailResult($"{app} version {version} is too old; please install 6.1 (snapshot)!");
+            return FailResult($"{app} version {version} is too old; please install 6.1!");
         }
 
         if (!version.StartsWith("6.1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class FFmpegVersionHealthCheck : BaseHealthCheck, IFFmpegVersionHealthChe
             version != BundledVersionVaapi)
         {
             return WarningResult(
-                $"{app} version {version} is unexpected and may have problems; please install 6.1 (snapshot)!");
+                $"{app} version {version} is unexpected and may have problems; please install 6.1!");
         }
 
         return None;
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index f9fdbd006..cbe594363 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ RUN sed -i '/Scanner/d' ErsatzTV.csproj
 RUN dotnet publish ErsatzTV.csproj -c release -o /app -r linux-x64 --self-contained false --no-restore /p:DebugType=Embedded /p:InformationalVersion=${INFO_VERSION}
 
 # final stage/image
-FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.0 AS runtime-base
+FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.1 AS runtime-base
 ENV FONTCONFIG_PATH=/etc/fonts
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y fonts-noto-cjk && apt-get clean
 RUN fc-cache update
 WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 8409
diff --git a/docker/arm32v7/Dockerfile b/docker/arm32v7/Dockerfile
index fb3d8bc0f..6bfb9d9fa 100644
--- a/docker/arm32v7/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/arm32v7/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:7.0-jammy-arm32v7 AS dotnet-runtime
 
-FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.0-arm AS runtime-base
+FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.1-arm AS runtime-base
 COPY --from=dotnet-runtime /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/dotnet
-RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y libicu-dev \
-    tzdata \
-    fontconfig \
-    fonts-dejavu \
-    fonts-noto-cjk \
-    libgdiplus
 
 # https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:7.0-jammy-amd64 AS build
diff --git a/docker/arm64/Dockerfile b/docker/arm64/Dockerfile
index 872832ea9..9f1151894 100644
--- a/docker/arm64/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/arm64/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:7.0-jammy-arm64v8 AS dotnet-runtime
 
-FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.0-arm64 AS runtime-base
+FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.1-arm64 AS runtime-base
 COPY --from=dotnet-runtime /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/dotnet
-RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y libicu-dev \
-    tzdata \
-    fontconfig \
-    fonts-dejavu \
-    fonts-noto-cjk \
-    libgdiplus
 
 # https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:7.0-jammy-amd64 AS build
diff --git a/docker/nvidia/Dockerfile b/docker/nvidia/Dockerfile
index 68a09572d..e1b8b912f 100644
--- a/docker/nvidia/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/nvidia/Dockerfile
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ RUN sed -i '/Scanner/d' ErsatzTV.csproj
 RUN dotnet publish ErsatzTV.csproj --framework net7.0 -c release -o /app -r linux-x64 --self-contained false --no-restore /p:DebugType=Embedded /p:InformationalVersion=${INFO_VERSION}
 
 # final stage/image
-FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.0-nvidia AS runtime-base
+FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.1-nvidia AS runtime-base
 ENV FONTCONFIG_PATH=/etc/fonts
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y fonts-noto-cjk && apt-get clean
 RUN fc-cache update
 WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 8409
diff --git a/docker/vaapi/Dockerfile b/docker/vaapi/Dockerfile
index a5fe008d5..318fcc2d9 100644
--- a/docker/vaapi/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/vaapi/Dockerfile
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ RUN sed -i '/Scanner/d' ErsatzTV.csproj
 RUN dotnet publish ErsatzTV.csproj -c release -o /app -r linux-x64 --self-contained false --no-restore /p:DebugType=Embedded /p:InformationalVersion=${INFO_VERSION}
 
 # final stage/image
-FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.0-vaapi AS runtime-base
+FROM jasongdove/ersatztv-ffmpeg:6.1-vaapi AS runtime-base
 ENV FONTCONFIG_PATH=/etc/fonts
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y fonts-noto-cjk && apt-get clean
 RUN fc-cache update
 WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 8409