diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index ef366657fc9..7a968ac95bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: systemd/mkosi@9a28ad20bbea61894ea7b971d318a71f4374cf3b
+      - uses: systemd/mkosi@77fce77807a9a92bc37edc8f1c967102e6236d94
 
       # Freeing up disk space with rm -rf can take multiple minutes. Since we don't need the extra free space
       # immediately, we remove the files in the background. However, we first move them to a different location
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ jobs:
             --max-lines 300 \
             --quiet
 
+      - name: Fix journal ownership
+        if: failure() && (github.repository == 'systemd/systemd' || github.repository == 'systemd/systemd-stable')
+        run: sudo chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" build/test/journal build/meson-logs
+
       - name: Archive failed test journals
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         if: failure() && (github.repository == 'systemd/systemd' || github.repository == 'systemd/systemd-stable')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yml b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
index 048391836eb..36c0bc9e338 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_ACTIONS_CONFIG_FILE: actionlint.yml
           ENABLE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_SUMMARY_COMMENT: false
 
-      - uses: systemd/mkosi@9a28ad20bbea61894ea7b971d318a71f4374cf3b
+      - uses: systemd/mkosi@77fce77807a9a92bc37edc8f1c967102e6236d94
 
       - name: Check that tabs are not used in Python code
         run: sh -c '! git grep -P "\\t" -- src/core/generate-bpf-delegate-configs.py src/boot/generate-hwids-section.py src/ukify/ukify.py test/integration-tests/integration-test-wrapper.py'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml b/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
index 55be6ab86b8..5ed49076658 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: systemd/mkosi@9a28ad20bbea61894ea7b971d318a71f4374cf3b
+      - uses: systemd/mkosi@77fce77807a9a92bc37edc8f1c967102e6236d94
 
       # Freeing up disk space with rm -rf can take multiple minutes. Since we don't need the extra free space
       # immediately, we remove the files in the background. However, we first move them to a different location
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ jobs:
             --num-processes "$(($(nproc) - 1))" \
             "${MAX_LINES[@]}"
 
+      - name: Fix journal ownership
+        if: failure() && (github.repository == 'systemd/systemd' || github.repository == 'systemd/systemd-stable')
+        run: sudo chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" build/test/journal build/meson-logs
+
       - name: Archive failed test journals
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         if: failure() && (github.repository == 'systemd/systemd' || github.repository == 'systemd/systemd-stable')
diff --git a/mkosi/mkosi.conf b/mkosi/mkosi.conf
index ca5c061079b..b807fdb3c50 100644
--- a/mkosi/mkosi.conf
+++ b/mkosi/mkosi.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 [Config]
-MinimumVersion=commit:66d51024b7149f40be4702e84275c936373ace97
+MinimumVersion=commit:77fce77807a9a92bc37edc8f1c967102e6236d94
 Dependencies=
         minimal-base
         minimal-0