diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index eafe66f..2d2a58d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine:edge
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
 ARG QBITTORRENT_VERSION
-ARG QBT_VERSION
+ARG QBT_CLI_VERSION
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL maintainer="thespad"
 
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ RUN \
     qbittorrent-nox==${QBITTORRENT_VERSION} && \
   echo "***** install qbitorrent-cli ****" && \
   mkdir /qbt && \
-  QBT_VERSION=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/releases" \
-      | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]'); \
+  if [ -z ${QBT_CLI_VERSION+x} ]; then \
+    QBT_CLI_VERSION=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/releases/latest" \
+      | jq -r '. | .tag_name'); \
+  fi && \
   curl -o \
     /tmp/qbt.tar.gz -L \
-    "https://github.com/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/releases/download/${QBT_VERSION}/qbt-linux-alpine-x64-${QBT_VERSION:1}.tar.gz" && \
+    "https://github.com/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/releases/download/${QBT_CLI_VERSION}/qbt-linux-alpine-x64-${QBT_CLI_VERSION#v}.tar.gz" && \
   tar xf \
     /tmp/qbt.tar.gz -C \
     /qbt && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index 6e6cdcf..4e3397e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine:arm64v8-edge
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
 ARG QBITTORRENT_VERSION
-ARG QBT_VERSION
+ARG QBT_CLI_VERSION
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL maintainer="thespad"
 
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ RUN \
     qbittorrent-nox==${QBITTORRENT_VERSION} && \
   echo "***** install qbitorrent-cli ****" && \
   mkdir /qbt && \
-  QBT_VERSION=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/releases" \
-      | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]'); \
+  if [ -z ${QBT_CLI_VERSION+x} ]; then \
+    QBT_CLI_VERSION=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/releases/latest" \
+      | jq -r '. | .tag_name'); \
+  fi && \
   curl -o \
     /tmp/qbt.tar.gz -L \
-    "https://github.com/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/releases/download/${QBT_VERSION}/qbt-linux-alpine-arm64-${QBT_VERSION:1}.tar.gz" && \
+    "https://github.com/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/releases/download/${QBT_CLI_VERSION}/qbt-linux-alpine-arm64-${QBT_CLI_VERSION#v}.tar.gz" && \
   tar xf \
     /tmp/qbt.tar.gz -C \
     /qbt && \
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index ab962e8..d45e658 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - { date: "25.12.23:", desc: "Only pull stable releases of qbittorrent-cli."}
   - { date: "07.10.23:", desc: "Install unrar from [linuxserver repo](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-unrar)."}
   - { date: "10.08.23:", desc: "Bump unrar to 6.2.10."}
   - { date: "17.06.23:", desc: "Deprecate armhf as per [https://www.linuxserver.io/armhf](https://www.linuxserver.io/armhf)." }