diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/setup-container.sh b/.gitlab-ci/setup-container.sh
index 2ba94bb..3506271 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/setup-container.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/setup-container.sh
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ case $FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION in
 	PKGS_LIBCAMERA_RUNTIME_MULTIARCH+=( libclang-rt-dev )
 	# For the Android camera HAL and the virtual pipeline handler.
 	PKGS_LIBCAMERA_RUNTIME_MULTIARCH+=( libyuv-dev )
-	# For cam and lc-compliance
-	# libevent-dev cannot be used here, see build-libcamera-common.sh
-	PKGS_LIBCAMERA_RUNTIME_MULTIARCH+=( libevent-2.1-7 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 )
 	;;
 'trixie')
 	# gcc 13 to expand compilation testing coverage.
@@ -142,15 +139,18 @@ case $FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION in
 	# Sphinx theme for the documentation.
 	PKGS_LIBCAMERA_RUNTIME+=( python3-sphinx-book-theme )
 	# libclang-rt-dev for the clang ASan runtime.
-	PKGS_LIBCAMERA_RUNTIME_MULTIARCH+=( libclang-rt-dev )
+	PKGS_LIBCAMERA_RUNTIME_MULTIARCH+=( libclang-rt-19-dev )
 	# For the Android camera HAL and the virtual pipeline handler.
 	PKGS_LIBCAMERA_RUNTIME_MULTIARCH+=( libyuv-dev )
+	# For lc-compliance in the `test-lc-compliance:virtual` job
+	# libevent-dev cannot be used here, see build-libcamera-common.sh
+	PKGS_LIBCAMERA_RUNTIME_MULTIARCH+=( libevent-2.1-7t64 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7t64 )
 	;;
 esac

-# We use Debian bookworm containers to produce ARM binaries and run unit tests
+# We use Debian 13 (trixie) containers to produce ARM binaries and run unit tests
 # with virtme, and other Debian versions for compilation-testing on amd64 only.
-if [[ $FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION == 'bookworm' ]] ; then
+if [[ $FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION == 'trixie' ]] ; then
 	archs+=( arm64 armhf )
 	components['kernel']=1
 	components['virtme']=1
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-lc-compliance.sh b/.gitlab-ci/test-lc-compliance.sh
index 6208723..d4ae838 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-lc-compliance.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-lc-compliance.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ libcamera_compliance() {
 		--verbose \
 		--skip-modules \
 		--force-9p \
+		--overlay-rwdir "$PWD" \
 		--rwdir "$PWD/build" \
 		--run /opt/linux/bzImage \
 		--exec " \
@@ -25,12 +26,10 @@ libcamera_compliance() {
 			UBSAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1:abort_on_error=1:print_summary=1:print_stacktrace=1 \
 			GTEST_OUTPUT=xml:./build/lc-compliance-report.xml \
 			lc-compliance -c Virtual0; \
-			echo \\\$? > ./build/.test-status; \
 		"

-	local status=$(cat build/.test-status)
+	local status=$?
 	echo "Test result exit state: $status"
-	rm build/.test-status

 	if [[ $status != 0 ]] ; then
 		exit $status
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-libcamera-qemu.sh b/.gitlab-ci/test-libcamera-qemu.sh
index f9de5ab..8a588a5 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-libcamera-qemu.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-libcamera-qemu.sh
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@ libcamera_unit_test() {
 	echo "Running libcamera tests in a qemu VM"

 	virtme-ng --verbose --skip-modules --force-9p \
+		--overlay-rwdir "$PWD" \
 		--rwdir "$PWD/build" \
 		--run /opt/linux/bzImage \
-		--exec "meson test -C build --no-rebuild --print-errorlogs; echo \\\$? > build/.test-status"
+		--exec " \
+			set -ex;
+			mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp/;
+			meson test -C build --no-rebuild --print-errorlogs; \
+		"

-	local status=$(cat build/.test-status)
+	local status=$?
 	echo "Test result exit state: $status"
-	rm build/.test-status

 	if [[ $status != 0 ]] ; then
 		exit $status
diff --git a/gitlab-ci.yml b/gitlab-ci.yml
index b1d5f0e..50fc6c6 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ variables:
     ca-certificates
     git
   VIRTME_GIT_URL: 'https://github.com/arighi/virtme-ng.git'
-  VIRTME_GIT_REF: 'v1.18'
+  VIRTME_GIT_REF: 'v1.40'

 # Jobs that test individual commits need more history to find the common
 # ancestor of the branch being tested and the default branch. Fetch up to 100
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ include:
 .libcamera-ci.debian:12:
   variables:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 'bookworm'
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2025-11-02.0'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2026-01-22.0'

 .libcamera-ci.debian:13:
   variables:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 'trixie'
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2025-11-02.0'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2026-01-22.0'

 .container-debian:
   extends:
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ build-full:debian:12:
           ${MESON_ALL_OPTIONS}
           ${MESON_CLANG_OPTIONS}
           -D qcam=disabled
-      - ARCH: armhf
-      - ARCH: arm64

 build-full:debian:13:
   extends:
@@ -241,6 +239,8 @@ build-full:debian:13:
           -D cpp_debugstl=false
         # `cpp_debugstl=false` needed approximately between meson 1.4.0 and 1.9.3
         # with clang 18 or later due to https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/13812
+      - ARCH: armhf
+      - ARCH: arm64

 # Build each commit in the branch individually to detect compilation breakages.
 build-history:
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ build-history:
 build-package:debug:
   extends:
     - .fdo.distribution-image@debian
-    - .libcamera-ci.debian:12
+    - .libcamera-ci.debian:13
     - .libcamera-ci.scripts
   stage: build
   needs:
-    - job: container-debian:12
+    - job: container-debian:13
       artifacts: false
   script:
     - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.gitlab-ci/build-libcamera.sh
@@ -366,11 +366,11 @@ merge-check:
 test-unit:
   extends:
     - .fdo.distribution-image@debian
-    - .libcamera-ci.debian:12
+    - .libcamera-ci.debian:13
     - .libcamera-ci.scripts
   stage: test
   needs:
-    - job: container-debian:12
+    - job: container-debian:13
       artifacts: false
   tags:
     - kvm
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ test-unit:
 test-lc-compliance:virtual:
   extends:
     - .fdo.distribution-image@debian
-    - .libcamera-ci.debian:12
+    - .libcamera-ci.debian:13
     - .libcamera-ci.scripts
   stage: test
   needs:
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ test-lc-compliance:virtual:
       parallel:
         matrix:
           - ARCH: amd64
-    - job: container-debian:12
+    - job: container-debian:13
       artifacts: false
   tags:
     - kvm