diff --git a/docker/gitea/Dockerfile b/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
index 37e7b5670e..ccef6873f9 100644
--- a/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/gitea/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.15-buster AS build-env
 
 LABEL maintainer="infra-root@openstack.org"
 
-ARG GITEA_VERSION="v1.13.1"
+ARG GITEA_VERSION="v1.13.6"
 ENV TAGS "bindata $TAGS"
 
 #Build deps
diff --git a/playbooks/test-gitea.yaml b/playbooks/test-gitea.yaml
index 3d496f6b0c..483e7a91e1 100644
--- a/playbooks/test-gitea.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/test-gitea.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,13 @@
       fail:
         msg: Zuul description was not updated
       when: '"Zuuls new description" not in zuul_content.content'
+    - name: Push system-config into our test gitea for testing
+      shell: |
+        cd /home/zuul/src/opendev.org/opendev/system-config
+        git remote add test-gitea https://gerrit:{{ gitea_gerrit_password }}@localhost:3000/opendev/system-config
+        GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=1 git push -f test-gitea master
+    # This is conveniently left here so that it can be uncommented in order to
+    # autohold the system-config-run-gitea job in zuul.
+    #- name: Force a failure for human intervention
+    #  fail:
+    #    msg: Failing so that we can check on things with a hold