diff --git a/build_scripts/base/01-packages.sh b/build_scripts/base/01-packages.sh
index c1500ce7..c9ec968f 100755
--- a/build_scripts/base/01-packages.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/base/01-packages.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ echo "::group:: ===$(basename "$0")==="
 
 set -ouex pipefail
 
+dnf makecache --refresh
+
 # Prevent partial upgrading, major kde version updates black screened
 # https://github.com/ublue-os/aurora/issues/1227
 dnf versionlock add "qt6-*" "plasma-desktop"
@@ -39,7 +41,6 @@ FEDORA_PACKAGES=(
     distrobox
     evtest
     fastfetch
-    fcitx5-{chewing,chinese-addons,configtool,gtk,hangul,libthai,m17n,mozc,qt,sayura,unikey}
     fish
     flatpak-spawn
     foo2zjs
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ FEDORA_PACKAGES=(
     iwd
     just
     kate{-krunner-plugin,-plugins}
-    kcm-fcitx5
     fzf # for just
     krb5-workstation
     ksystemlog
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ FEDORA_PACKAGES=(
     pamu2fcfg
     plasma-firewall-"${PLASMA_VERS}"
     plasma-oxygen
-    plasma-union-"${PLASMA_VERS}"
     # TODO: look into removing this, plasma supports the transition feature of this natively
     plasma-wallpapers-dynamic-builder
     plasma-wallpapers-dynamic-builder{-bash,-fish,-zsh}-completion
diff --git a/image-versions.yml b/image-versions.yml
index 2d5a797c..b255009a 100644
--- a/image-versions.yml
+++ b/image-versions.yml
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ images:
   - name: kinoite
     image: quay.io/fedora-ostree-desktops/kinoite
     tag: 45
-    digest: sha256:2a1fea9adbd27dd87935508115d88ab5c7b335114e32994e7c2c615545ea5cac
+    digest: sha256:bfe08b1033bfc1736f47eb377b8dc83163605cc140502c0631b80f0f19b1be34
 
   # https://github.com/get-aurora-dev/common
   - name: common
     image: ghcr.io/get-aurora-dev/common
     tag: latest
-    digest: sha256:2888e957bd72e1656c8de374bbfa3a933c19aad82dccd0994bd1766e03973ff1
+    digest: sha256:df4929bb819cef47653dd7dd2386a926f9dd3e63bf451c183be4adb893db44e9
 
   # https://github.com/ublue-os/brew
   - name: brew
     image: ghcr.io/ublue-os/brew
     tag: latest
-    digest: sha256:0c9703f1a49faa89a44d9458a68c0ca03270e8bdd32018285dad8b14ddd7cdc3
+    digest: sha256:130848582eed433e85af6fa8c829ddec12ddaa6b18bc037a610b4b8da3c97458
 
   # https://github.com/coreos/chunkah
   - name: chunkah