diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 986afac9c..68618f0a1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 # see .gitlab-ci/ci.template, etc instead
 ###############################################
 
-# Detached MR pipelines, needed due to https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/issues/438
-
 # workflow:
 #   rules:
 #     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
@@ -24,6 +22,9 @@ include:
       - "/templates/ubuntu.yml"
       - "/templates/arch.yml"
   # - local: .gitlab-ci/containers/ci-container-prep.yml
+
+  # This include is for compatibility with the fdo CI restrictions/checks
+  # needed due to https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/issues/438
   - local: .gitlab-ci/ci-rules.yml
 
 stages:
@@ -149,11 +150,10 @@ win:container_prep:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: "22.04"
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "2022-09-20.0"
 
-# Variables for build and usage of Arch rolling image
-.monado.variables.arch:rolling:
+# Variables for build and usage of Arch image
+.monado.variables.arch:
   variables:
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: "rolling"
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "2023-05-22.0"
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "2023-11-14.0"
 
 
 ###
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ ubuntu:jammy:container_prep:
   variables:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: 'build-essential ca-certificates cmake curl debhelper devscripts dput-ng gettext-base git glslang-tools libavcodec-dev libbluetooth-dev libbsd-dev libcjson-dev libdbus-1-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libeigen3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglvnd-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libhidapi-dev libopencv-dev libsdl2-dev libsystemd-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libuvc-dev libv4l-dev libvulkan-dev libwayland-dev libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxrandr-dev libxxf86vm-dev ninja-build pandoc patch pkg-config python3 reprepro unzip wget'
 
-# Make Arch rolling image
-arch:rolling:container_prep:
+# Make Arch image
+arch:container_prep:
   stage: container_prep
   extends:
     - .container-rules
-    - .monado.variables.arch:rolling
+    - .monado.variables.arch
     - .fdo.container-build@arch # from ci-templates
 
   variables:
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ arch:rolling:container_prep:
     - .build-rules
 
 
-# Base for using Arch rolling image
-.monado.image.arch:rolling:
+# Base for using Arch image
+.monado.image.arch:
   extends:
-    - .monado.variables.arch:rolling
+    - .monado.variables.arch
     - .fdo.distribution-image@arch # from ci-templates
     - .build-rules
 
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ ubuntu:jammy:cmake:
 arch:cmake:
   stage: build
   extends:
-    - .monado.image.arch:rolling
+    - .monado.image.arch
   script:
 
     - .gitlab-ci/prebuild.sh
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ arch:cmake:
 arch:cmake:clang:
   stage: build
   extends:
-    - .monado.image.arch:rolling
+    - .monado.image.arch
   script:
 
     - .gitlab-ci/prebuild.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/ci-containers-variables.yml.jinja b/.gitlab-ci/ci-containers-variables.yml.jinja
index c911654d0..883c9f3f0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/ci-containers-variables.yml.jinja
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/ci-containers-variables.yml.jinja
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2023 Collabora, Ltd. and the Monado contributors
 #}
 
+{% from 'functions.jinja' import image_name, image_name_for_comment with context %}
+
 {% for distro in distributions -%} {%- for image in distro.images %}
 
-# Variables for build and usage of {{ distro.name|capitalize }} {{image.codename}} image
-.monado.variables.{{distro.name}}:{{image.codename}}:
+# Variables for build and usage of {{ image_name_for_comment(distro, image) }} image
+.monado.variables.{{ image_name(distro, image) }}:
   variables:
+{% if "codename" in image or "distro_version" in image %}
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: "{{ image["distro_version"] | default(image.codename) }}"
+{% endif %}
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "{{image["tag"]}}"
 {% if "repo_suffix" in image %}
     FDO_REPO_SUFFIX: {{image["repo_suffix"]}}
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/ci-containers.yml.jinja b/.gitlab-ci/ci-containers.yml.jinja
index cf60fa420..620b748c2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/ci-containers.yml.jinja
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/ci-containers.yml.jinja
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2023 Collabora, Ltd. and the Monado contributors
 #}
 
+{% from 'functions.jinja' import image_name, image_name_for_comment with context %}
+
 ###
 # Container prep jobs
 
 {%- for distro in distributions -%} {%- for image in distro.images %}
 
-# Make {{ distro.name|capitalize }} {{image.codename}} image
-{{distro.name}}:{{image.codename}}:container_prep:
+# Make {{ image_name_for_comment(distro, image) }} image
+{{ image_name(distro, image) }}:container_prep:
   stage: container_prep
   extends:
     - .container-rules
-    - .monado.variables.{{distro.name}}:{{image.codename}}
+    - .monado.variables.{{ image_name(distro, image) }}
     - .fdo.container-build@{{distro.name}} # from ci-templates
 
   variables:
@@ -31,10 +33,10 @@
 # Container usage base jobs
 {% for distro in distributions -%} {%- for image in distro.images %}
 
-# Base for using {{ distro.name|capitalize }} {{image.codename}} image
-{{base_job_to_use_image(distro, image)}}:
+# Base for using {{ image_name_for_comment(distro, image) }} image
+{{ base_job_to_use_image(distro, image) }}:
   extends:
-    - .monado.variables.{{distro.name}}:{{image.codename}}
+    - .monado.variables.{{ image_name(distro, image) }}
     - .fdo.{{ "suffixed" if "repo_suffix" in image else "distribution" }}-image@{{distro.name}} # from ci-templates
     - .build-rules
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
index 4736ff6ff..217068f80 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ The following will update all files from templates:
 make -f .gitlab-ci/ci-scripts.mk
 #}
 
-# Detached MR pipelines, needed due to https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/issues/438
-
 # workflow:
 #   rules:
 #     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
@@ -40,6 +38,9 @@ include:
       - "/templates/{{distro.name}}.yml"
 {% endfor %}
   # - local: .gitlab-ci/containers/ci-container-prep.yml
+
+  # This include is for compatibility with the fdo CI restrictions/checks
+  # needed due to https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/issues/438
   - local: .gitlab-ci/ci-rules.yml
 
 stages:
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ stages:
 {% include 'ci-containers-variables.yml.jinja' %}
 {% include 'ci-containers.yml.jinja' %}
 
-{% from 'functions.jinja' import base_job_to_use_image_containing, base_job_to_use_image with context %}
+{% from 'functions.jinja' import image_name, base_job_to_use_image_containing, base_job_to_use_image with context %}
 
 # Style check job
 format-and-spellcheck:
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ windows:
       - build/Testing/Temporary
 
 {% macro packaging_job_name(distro, image) -%}
-{{distro.name}}:{{image.codename}}:package
+{{ image_name(distro, image) }}:package
 {%- endmacro %}
 
 {% for distro in distributions -%} {%- for image in distro.images if "deb_version_suffix" in image %}
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/config.yml b/.gitlab-ci/config.yml
index ebc81cda6..7781a8146 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/config.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/config.yml
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ distributions:
 
   - name: arch
     images:
-      - codename: rolling
-        tag: "2023-05-22.0"
+      - tag: "2023-11-14.0"
         script: install-arch-additional-deps.sh
         # pipewire-jack wireplumber: Explicitly choose dependencies to avoid pacman asking interactively
         # python-setuptools glu: librealsense
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/functions.jinja b/.gitlab-ci/functions.jinja
index 1e80a9692..8c32e6360 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/functions.jinja
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/functions.jinja
@@ -10,5 +10,18 @@
 {% endfor -%} {%- endfor %}
 {% endmacro -%}
 
+{# Macro to compute a part of a job name, etc. for a distro and image #}
+{% macro image_name(distro, image) -%}
+{{ distro.name }}
+{%- if "codename" in image %}:{{ image.codename }}{%- endif -%}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
 {# Macro to compute job name to extend to use image given distro and image objects#}
-{% macro base_job_to_use_image(distro, image) %}.monado.image.{{distro.name}}:{{image.codename}}{% endmacro -%}
+{% macro base_job_to_use_image(distro, image) %}.monado.image.{{ image_name(distro, image) }}{% endmacro -%}
+
+
+{# Macro to compute a part of a comment describing a distro and image #}
+{% macro image_name_for_comment(distro, image) %}
+{{ distro.name | capitalize }}
+{%- if "codename" in image %} {{ image.codename }}{%- endif -%}
+{%- endmacro -%}