diff --git a/defaults.sh b/defaults.sh
index 3e48a00..f376c5c 100755
--- a/defaults.sh
+++ b/defaults.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ DEFAULT_DB_IMAGE="mariadb:10.8.3-jammy"
 export ENABLE_NGINX_CACHING="$ENABLE_NGINX_CACHING"
 
 # run the docker stack.
-export GHOST_IMAGE="ghost:5.2.4"
+export GHOST_IMAGE="ghost:5.7.0"
 export GHOST_DB_IMAGE="$DEFAULT_DB_IMAGE"
 export NGINX_IMAGE="nginx:1.23.0"
 export NEXTCLOUD_IMAGE="nextcloud:24.0.2"