diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
index 634a73a742..785b163aa6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ x64-freebsd-12-build:
     NAME: freebsd-12
     CIRRUS_VM_INSTANCE_TYPE: freebsd_instance
     CIRRUS_VM_IMAGE_SELECTOR: image_family
-    CIRRUS_VM_IMAGE_NAME: freebsd-12-3
+    CIRRUS_VM_IMAGE_NAME: freebsd-12-4
     CIRRUS_VM_CPUS: 8
     CIRRUS_VM_RAM: 8G
     UPDATE_COMMAND: pkg update
diff --git a/tests/vm/freebsd b/tests/vm/freebsd
index d6ff4461ba..ba2ba23d24 100755
--- a/tests/vm/freebsd
+++ b/tests/vm/freebsd
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ class FreeBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
     name = "freebsd"
     arch = "x86_64"
 
-    link = "https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/12.3/FreeBSD-12.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso.xz"
-    csum = "36dd0de50f1fe5f0a88e181e94657656de26fb64254412f74e80e128e8b938b4"
+    link = "https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/12.4/FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso.xz"
+    csum = "1dcf6446e31bf3f81b582e9aba3319a258c29a937a2af6138ee4b181ed719a87"
     size = "20G"
     pkgs = [
         # build tools