diff --git a/apps/flux-system/base/gotk-components.yaml b/apps/flux-system/base/gotk-components.yaml
index 1f83d13eccd9..28995e035c6f 100644
--- a/apps/flux-system/base/gotk-components.yaml
+++ b/apps/flux-system/base/gotk-components.yaml
@@ -4005,7 +4005,9 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/source-controller:v0.16.0
+        # TODO https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/452
+        # see https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/issues/439#issuecomment-943580625
+        image: docker.io/hiddeco/source-controller:libgit2-free-a62cfe8@sha256:15fb2ba83f1db177977329059b9187cbf4e50b15e9788573c
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
diff --git a/apps/flux-system/base/image-automation-components.yaml b/apps/flux-system/base/image-automation-components.yaml
index a9aec412d522..8dbfb772f068 100644
--- a/apps/flux-system/base/image-automation-components.yaml
+++ b/apps/flux-system/base/image-automation-components.yaml
@@ -2005,7 +2005,9 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/image-automation-controller:v0.15.0
+        # TODO https://github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/pull/238
+        # see https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/issues/439#issuecomment-943580625
+        image: docker.io/hiddeco/image-automation-controller:libgit2-free-64388a3@sha256:55a0b34ed8e7d1d27f1280c354b385ea2005c1ae82acb3402d880
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet: