Docker Pi-hole Files

What's Changed (Docker Specific)

• Use full iproute2 in place of iproute2-ss by @rrobgill in https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/pull/1854
• Build all containers from a fixed base image by @yubiuser in https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/pull/1856
• Major overhaul to the test suite by @yubiuser in https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/pull/1859
• docs: Updates Docker Secrets usage information by @buckaroogeek in https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/pull/1851
• docs: remove part of tips & tricks and add a link to the docs by @LizenzFass78851 in https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/pull/1863

New Contributors

• @rrobgill made their first contribution in https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/pull/1854
• @buckaroogeek made their first contribution in https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/pull/1851

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/compare/2025.06.2...2025.07.0

No Docker Specific Changes - This tag brings in the latest changes from Core v6.1.3

https://pi-hole.net/blog/2025/07/13/pi-hole-core-v6-1-3-released/

What's Changed (Pi-hole Core v6.1.3)

This is a bugfix release for the core Pi-hole code.

Fixes

• Prevent gravity from failing due to an empty shell variable. #6191
  This fixes a case where calls to pihole -g failed during list downloads.
• Require privileged status (root or sudo) for all user calls to pihole. #6312
  This fixes cases where users are unable to change or update the admin password.
• Exit installation if FTL binary can not be downloaded. #6316
  Abort update if FTL branch does not exist. #6329
  These fix cases where the installation did not fully complete or an update left the installation with mismatched binary and repository versions. Both fixes contributed by @MichaIng
• Restore pihole -q function. #6284
  This fixes a case where running a query immediately failed with an error message for an unknown file.

Miscellaneous Fixes and Improvements

• Display output from FTL commands in color on the terminal. #6314
• Add note to final installation dialog box showing users where to find instructions for allowing a user to run Pi-hole commands without authentication. #6152
• Allow pihole tail to search for strings beginning with the hyphen character. #6318 Contributed by @rrobgill
• Do not update the package cache on updates. #6282
• Improve default route detection in debugging process. #6303 Contributed by @rrobgill
• Improve detecting loopback interfaces in the installer. #6269 Contributed by @deHakkelaar

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/compare/v6.1.2...v6.1.3