diff --git a/defaults.sh b/defaults.sh
index 4febf31..3cc3c44 100755
--- a/defaults.sh
+++ b/defaults.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ DEFAULT_DB_IMAGE="mariadb:10.8.3-jammy"
 export ENABLE_NGINX_CACHING="$ENABLE_NGINX_CACHING"
 
 # run the docker stack.
-export GHOST_IMAGE="ghost:5.8.2"
+export GHOST_IMAGE="ghost:5.9.4"
 export GHOST_DB_IMAGE="$DEFAULT_DB_IMAGE"
 export NGINX_IMAGE="nginx:1.23.1"
 export NEXTCLOUD_IMAGE="nextcloud:24.0.3"