diff --git a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/package.json b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/package.json
index 97ceec39de..e67fde9403 100644
--- a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "@element-hq/element-web-playwright-common",
     "type": "module",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "license": "SEE LICENSE IN README.md",
     "main": "lib/index.js",
     "bin": {
diff --git a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/testcontainers/synapse.ts b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/testcontainers/synapse.ts
index 7c7248ee84..0ccdfb4070 100644
--- a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/testcontainers/synapse.ts
+++ b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/testcontainers/synapse.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2024 New Vector Ltd.
+Copyright 2024-2025 New Vector Ltd.
 
 SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
 Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import { type StartedMatrixAuthenticationServiceContainer } from "./mas.js";
 import { Api, ClientServerApi, type Verb, type Credentials } from "../utils/api.js";
 import { StartedMailpitContainer } from "./mailpit.js";
 
-const TAG = "develop@sha256:8d0049e8e0524ad6817cf7737453fe47de1ed3b8d04704f0c2fd6c136414c9d7";
-
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     server_name: "localhost",
     public_baseurl: "", // set by start method
@@ -193,8 +191,8 @@ export class SynapseContainer extends GenericContainer implements HomeserverCont
     private config: SynapseConfig;
     private mas?: StartedMatrixAuthenticationServiceContainer;
 
-    public constructor() {
-        super(`ghcr.io/element-hq/synapse:${TAG}`);
+    public constructor(image = "ghcr.io/element-hq/synapse:develop") {
+        super(image);
 
         this.config = deepCopy(DEFAULT_CONFIG);
         this.config.registration_shared_secret = randB64Bytes(16);