diff --git a/containers/forgejo-runner/Dockerfile b/containers/runner-job-image/Dockerfile
similarity index 97%
rename from containers/forgejo-runner/Dockerfile
rename to containers/runner-job-image/Dockerfile
index e8b385d..8c233cc 100644
--- a/containers/forgejo-runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/runner-job-image/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # so this image only needs: git, Docker CLI, Dagger CLI, ArgoCD CLI, uv, yq, and basic tools.
 #
 # Usage: Configure runner with label like:
-#   docker:docker://registry.ops.eblu.me/blumeops/forgejo-runner:latest
+#   docker:docker://registry.ops.eblu.me/blumeops/runner-job-image:latest
 
 ARG CONTAINER_APP_VERSION=0.19.11
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.d/+rename-runner-job-image.infra.md b/docs/changelog.d/+rename-runner-job-image.infra.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d6b7bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog.d/+rename-runner-job-image.infra.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Rename `containers/forgejo-runner` to `containers/runner-job-image` to distinguish the CI job execution image from the Forgejo runner daemon, fixing a version-check false positive.
diff --git a/docs/how-to/configuration/update-documentation.md b/docs/how-to/configuration/update-documentation.md
index 5a5c6bc..fef8ccf 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/configuration/update-documentation.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/configuration/update-documentation.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Fragments are automatically collected into `CHANGELOG.md` (at repo root) during
 The workflow runs on the `k8s` label, which uses the [[forgejo]]-runner in Kubernetes:
 
 - **Runner deployment**: `argocd/manifests/forgejo-runner/`
-- **Job image**: `registry.ops.eblu.me/blumeops/forgejo-runner:latest`
+- **Job image**: `registry.ops.eblu.me/blumeops/runner-job-image` (commit-SHA tagged)
 - **Build engine**: [[dagger]] CLI installed at runtime; Node.js and Python run inside Dagger containers
 
 The job image is built from `containers/forgejo-runner/Dockerfile`.
diff --git a/service-versions.yaml b/service-versions.yaml
index 69020e6..318ff82 100644
--- a/service-versions.yaml
+++ b/service-versions.yaml
@@ -190,8 +190,17 @@ services:
     current-version: "12.7.0"
     upstream-source: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/releases
     notes: >-
-      Runner daemon version. Job execution container (containers/forgejo-runner)
-      tracks Dagger at v0.19.11.
+      Runner daemon version (code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner). Job execution
+      image is tracked separately as runner-job-image.
+
+  - name: runner-job-image
+    type: argocd
+    last-reviewed: 2026-02-23
+    current-version: "0.19.11"
+    upstream-source: https://github.com/dagger/dagger/releases
+    notes: >-
+      Forgejo Actions job execution image. CONTAINER_APP_VERSION tracks the
+      Dagger CLI version, the primary build tool in the image.
 
   - name: nix-container-builder
     type: nixos