diff --git a/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt b/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
index f749b18b..8a6c406c 100644
--- a/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3_image::SDL3_image)
 		# waiting on the imgui pr to get merged so i can update sdl <.<
 		#GIT_TAG a45d6e5b84ccc0f3faae6ba7d561709ed600eee7 # tip last check
 		#GIT_TAG a34ccf16f961e6d5a480045eb650fc3dddb4bfaa # tip 14-05-2024
-		GIT_TAG 2fc5310a9a2700fc856663200f94edebeb5e554a # tip 28-05-2024
+		#GIT_TAG 2fc5310a9a2700fc856663200f94edebeb5e554a # tip 28-05-2024
+		GIT_TAG 8eff782fa33d795c9ea1ac42dbe7e17cc9874c78 # tip 09-06-2024
 		FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS # for the future
 	)
 	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SDL3_image)
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 5139225d..0dee75d9 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@
     "sdl3_image": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1716394356,
-        "narHash": "sha256-dQ4x7ZbQodOs4PQU90evoa870abC/u0uaVLEqU1nB8k=",
+        "lastModified": 1717528558,
+        "narHash": "sha256-VS5GMxcJgmghmck1FoGJmrt94ubtBr9eGQUmYEMoUZQ=",
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL_image",
-        "rev": "2fc5310a9a2700fc856663200f94edebeb5e554a",
+        "rev": "8eff782fa33d795c9ea1ac42dbe7e17cc9874c78",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL_image",
-        "rev": "2fc5310a9a2700fc856663200f94edebeb5e554a",
+        "rev": "8eff782fa33d795c9ea1ac42dbe7e17cc9874c78",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 45bd1a2f..ac69efc8 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/release-23.11";
+    #nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/release-24.05";
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
     nlohmann-json = {
       url = "github:nlohmann/json/v3.11.3"; # TODO: read version from file
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
       flake = false;
     };
     sdl3_image = {
-      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL_image/2fc5310a9a2700fc856663200f94edebeb5e554a";
+      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL_image/8eff782fa33d795c9ea1ac42dbe7e17cc9874c78";
       flake = false;
     };
   };
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
     let
       pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
       stdenv = (pkgs.stdenvAdapters.keepDebugInfo pkgs.stdenv);
+      #stdenv = (pkgs.stdenvAdapters.withCFlags [ "-march=x86-64-v3" ] (pkgs.stdenvAdapters.keepDebugInfo pkgs.stdenv));
     in {
       #packages.default = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
       packages.default = stdenv.mkDerivation {