pi-hole

Update docker.io/pihole/pihole Docker tag to v2025.07.1

Michi Kofler-Häusler

24 Jul 2025 — 2 min read

On all three nodes I upgraded Pi-hole successfully by means of fully automated Watchtower Docker container update with dependency update facilitated by Mend's Renovate Bot.

This MR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
docker.io/pihole/pihole	minor	`2025.06.2` -> `2025.07.1`

Release Notes

pi-hole/docker-pi-hole (docker.io/pihole/pihole)

`v2025.07.1`

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What's Changed (Docker Specific)

Prevent cosmetic issue where component versions are sometimes labeled as commit hashes by @PromoFaux in https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/pull/1866

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/compare/2025.07.0...2025.07.1

What's Changed (Core v6.1.4)

Fix issue where web interface cannot run gravity by @PromoFaux in https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6345
Fix pihole api command by not setting the some variabes as readonly by @PromoFaux in https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6346

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/compare/v6.1.3...v6.1.4

No Docker Specific Changes - This tag brings in the latest changes from Core v6.1.3

https://pi-hole.net/blog/2025/07/13/pi-hole-core-v6-1-3-released/

What's Changed (Pi-hole Core v6.1.3)

This is a bugfix release for the core Pi-hole code.

Fixes

Prevent gravity from failing due to an empty shell variable. #6191
This fixes a case where calls to pihole -g failed during list downloads.
Require privileged status (root or sudo) for all user calls to pihole. #6312
This fixes cases where users are unable to change or update the admin password.
Exit installation if FTL binary can not be downloaded. #6316
Abort update if FTL branch does not exist. #6329
These fix cases where the installation did not fully complete or an update left the installation with mismatched binary and repository versions. Both fixes contributed by @MichaIng
Restore pihole -q function. #6284
This fixes a case where running a query immediately failed with an error message for an unknown file.

Miscellaneous Fixes and Improvements

Display output from FTL commands in color on the terminal. #6314
Add note to final installation dialog box showing users where to find instructions for allowing a user to run Pi-hole commands without authentication. #6152
Allow pihole tail to search for strings beginning with the hyphen character. #6318 Contributed by @rrobgill
Do not update the package cache on updates. #6282
Improve default route detection in debugging process. #6303 Contributed by @rrobgill
Improve detecting loopback interfaces in the installer. #6269 Contributed by @deHakkelaar