pi-hole

Update docker.io/pihole/pihole Docker tag to v2026

Michi Kofler-Häusler

23 Feb 2026 — 3 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	major	`2025.11.1` → `2026.02.0`

Release Notes

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

`v2026.02.0`

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What's Changed (Docker Specific)

Pin base image by sha to catch silent rebuilds by @yubiuser in #1965
Set fixed buildx version to mitigate issues with buildx version 0.31.1 by @yubiuser in #1987

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/compare/2025.11.1...2026.02.0

What's Changed (FTL v6.5)

Tweak undocumented wait-for option subtly by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2707
update gravity - improve domain validation processing speed by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2710
Update embedded SQLite3 to 3.51.1 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2731
Update embedded dnsmasq to 2.92rc1 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2730
Fix documentation - Do not use equal sign with pihole-FTL --config command by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/FTL#2736
Add dns.cache.rrtype by @Manakuremati in pi-hole/FTL#2740
Enhancements to the documentation markdown generator by @PromoFaux in pi-hole/FTL#2741
Network Overview - obtain MAC and hostname from dhcp.leases by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2727
fix: make get_domains parameters optional by @tien in pi-hole/FTL#2278
Escape unprintable characters in invalid host names by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2601
Implement better allOf handling in API verifier by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2745
Update build containers to Alpine 3.23 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2743
Add option to hide network connection errors by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2749
Harden default Content Security Policy (CSP) by @Erasure5959 in pi-hole/FTL#2754
Fix computation of NTP server's root delay by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2760
Teleporter: Fix for custom gravity.db path by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2758
Upgrade embedded Lua to 5.5 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2626
Add missing [forwarded] property in GET /api/history/database by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2750
Update SQLite3 to 3.51.2 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2761
Low-memory hardware optimizations by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2757
Reduce startup delay by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2725
home.arpa and internal TLDs may be non-local without revServer by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2772

New Contributors

@Erasure5959 made their first contribution in pi-hole/FTL#2754

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/compare/v6.4.1...v6.5

What's Changed (Web v6.4.1)

Set the end date for live query update to end of epoch by @rrobgill in pi-hole/web#3677
Improve initial loading of Query Log by @DL6ER in pi-hole/web#3715

Also fixes two security advisories:

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/web/compare/v6.4...v6.4.1

What's Changed (Core v6.4)

Remove wget from alpine dependencies by @darkexplosiveqwx in pi-hole/pi-hole#6484
Remove custom FTL FirewallD zone checks from debug log by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/pi-hole#6481
Add Alpine 3.23 to test suite by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6488
Debug log - Add colors to gravity tables by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/pi-hole#6485
Use configured location for web repo when updating or repairing by @rrobgill in pi-hole/pi-hole#6470
Add missing -g to the message in gravity recovery command by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/pi-hole#6513
Don't install unused /usr/local/share/man/man5 by @darkexplosiveqwx in pi-hole/pi-hole#6526