diff --git a/docker/gitea/Dockerfile b/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
index 7fc6b28120..3d2c7423f5 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 
 ###################################
 # Build stage
-FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.22-bookworm AS build-env
+FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.23-bookworm AS build-env
 
 LABEL maintainer="infra-root@openstack.org"
 
 ARG GOPROXY
 ENV GOPROXY ${GOPROXY:-direct}
 
-ARG GITEA_VERSION="v1.22.6"
+ARG GITEA_VERSION="v1.23.1"
 ENV TAGS "bindata timetzdata $TAGS"
 
 # Build deps
diff --git a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
index 5162356e5f..4b77a979e1 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
+++ b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		</a>
 
 		<!-- mobile right menu, it must be here because in mobile view, each item is a flex column, the first item is a full row column -->
-		<div class="ui secondary menu item navbar-mobile-right only-mobile">
+		<div class="ui secondary menu navbar-mobile-right only-mobile">
 			{{if and .IsSigned EnableTimetracking .ActiveStopwatch}}
 			<a id="mobile-stopwatch-icon" class="active-stopwatch item tw-mx-0" href="{{.ActiveStopwatch.IssueLink}}" title="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "active_stopwatch"}}" data-seconds="{{.ActiveStopwatch.Seconds}}">
 				<div class="tw-relative">
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
 		{{if and .IsSigned .MustChangePassword}}
 			{{/* No links */}}
 		{{else if .IsSigned}}
-			{{if not .UnitIssuesGlobalDisabled}}
+			{{if not ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeIssues.UnitGlobalDisabled}}
 				<a class="item{{if .PageIsIssues}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/issues">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "issues"}}</a>
 			{{end}}
-			{{if not .UnitPullsGlobalDisabled}}
+			{{if not ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypePullRequests.UnitGlobalDisabled}}
 				<a class="item{{if .PageIsPulls}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/pulls">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "pull_requests"}}</a>
 			{{end}}
-			{{if not (and .UnitIssuesGlobalDisabled .UnitPullsGlobalDisabled)}}
+			{{if not (and ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeIssues.UnitGlobalDisabled ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypePullRequests.UnitGlobalDisabled)}}
 				{{if .ShowMilestonesDashboardPage}}
 					<a class="item{{if .PageIsMilestonesDashboard}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/milestones">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "milestones"}}</a>
 				{{end}}
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 					<span class="not-mobile">{{svg "octicon-triangle-down"}}</span>
 				</span>
 				<div class="menu user-menu">
-					<div class="ui header">
+					<div class="header">
 						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "signed_in_as"}} <strong>{{.SignedUser.Name}}</strong>
 					</div>
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 					<span class="not-mobile">{{svg "octicon-triangle-down"}}</span>
 				</span>
 				<div class="menu user-menu">
-					<div class="ui header">
+					<div class="header">
 						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "signed_in_as"}} <strong>{{.SignedUser.Name}}</strong>
 					</div>
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 					{{if .IsAdmin}}
 						<div class="divider"></div>
 
-						<a class="{{if .PageIsAdmin}}active {{end}}item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/admin">
+						<a class="{{if .PageIsAdmin}}active {{end}}item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/-/admin">
 							{{svg "octicon-server"}}
 							{{ctx.Locale.Tr "admin_panel"}}
 						</a>
diff --git a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/repo/header.tmpl b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/repo/header.tmpl
index 453ae4ab3a..e03d2e3ad6 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/custom/templates/repo/header.tmpl
+++ b/docker/gitea/custom/templates/repo/header.tmpl
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 			<div class="fork-flag">
 				{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.mirror_from"}}
 				<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{$.PullMirror.RemoteAddress}}">{{$.PullMirror.RemoteAddress}}</a>
-				{{if $.PullMirror.UpdatedUnix}}{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.mirror_sync"}} {{TimeSinceUnix $.PullMirror.UpdatedUnix ctx.Locale}}{{end}}
+				{{if $.PullMirror.UpdatedUnix}}{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.mirror_sync"}} {{DateUtils.TimeSince $.PullMirror.UpdatedUnix}}{{end}}
 			</div>
 		{{end}}
 		{{if .IsFork}}<div class="fork-flag">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.forked_from"}} <a href="{{.BaseRepo.Link}}">{{.BaseRepo.FullName}}</a></div>{{end}}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 						</a>
 					{{end}}
 
-					{{if and .EnableActions (not .UnitActionsGlobalDisabled) (.Permission.CanRead ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeActions)}}
+					{{if and .EnableActions (.Permission.CanRead ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeActions) (not .IsEmptyRepo)}}
 						<a class="{{if .PageIsActions}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/actions">
 							{{svg "octicon-play"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "actions.actions"}}
 							{{if .Repository.NumOpenActionRuns}}
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 					{{end}}
 
 					<!-- Added to redirect PR links to Gerrit -->
-					<a class="item" href="https://review.opendev.org/#/q/status:open+project:{{.Owner.Name}}/{{.Repository.Name}}">
+					<a href="https://review.opendev.org/#/q/status:open+project:{{.Owner.Name}}/{{.Repository.Name}}" class="item">
 						{{svg "octicon-git-pull-request"}} Proposed changes
 					</a>
 
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@
 						</a>
 					{{end}}
 
-					{{$projectsUnit := .Repository.MustGetUnit $.Context ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeProjects}}
-					{{if and (not .UnitProjectsGlobalDisabled) (.Permission.CanRead ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeProjects) ($projectsUnit.ProjectsConfig.IsProjectsAllowed "repo")}}
+					{{$projectsUnit := .Repository.MustGetUnit ctx ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeProjects}}
+					{{if and (not ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeProjects.UnitGlobalDisabled) (.Permission.CanRead ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeProjects) ($projectsUnit.ProjectsConfig.IsProjectsAllowed "repo")}}
 						<a href="{{.RepoLink}}/projects" class="{{if .IsProjectsPage}}active {{end}}item">
-							{{svg "octicon-project"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.project_board"}}
+							{{svg "octicon-project"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.projects"}}
 							{{if .Repository.NumOpenProjects}}
 								<span class="ui small label">{{CountFmt .Repository.NumOpenProjects}}</span>
 							{{end}}
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 					{{end}}
 
 					{{if .Permission.CanRead ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeExternalWiki}}
-						<a class="item" href="{{(.Repository.MustGetUnit $.Context ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeExternalWiki).ExternalWikiConfig.ExternalWikiURL}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+						<a class="item" href="{{(.Repository.MustGetUnit ctx ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypeExternalWiki).ExternalWikiConfig.ExternalWikiURL}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
 							{{svg "octicon-link-external"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.wiki"}}
 						</a>
 					{{end}}
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/roles/gitea/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
index f64881141e..5f0ca67c24 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version: '2'
 
 services:
   mariadb:
-    image: docker.io/library/mariadb:10.11
+    image: quay.io/opendevmirror/mariadb:10.11
     network_mode: host
     restart: always
     environment: