diff --git a/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index e1f6d0dd..d5bcee39 100644
--- a/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3::SDL3)
 		#GIT_TAG 9651ca59187c16079846918483c40d6b5c2f454c # tip 09-06-2024
 		#GIT_TAG 657c0135b1ff1685afa1bad63b0417d92f4bcb46 # tip 09-06-2024
 		#GIT_TAG d65a8146b950abe31b4fbf779f3e2fea731af9bd # tip 16-07-2024 - before string policy changes breaking imgui
-		GIT_TAG e949f12f63cdfcef4bdf456936ee676e0a3f9de6 # tip 18-07-2024
+		#GIT_TAG e949f12f63cdfcef4bdf456936ee676e0a3f9de6 # tip 18-07-2024 - broke bmp surface (before too)
+		GIT_TAG 67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f # tip 29-07-2024
 
 		FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS # for the future
 	)
diff --git a/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt b/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fd2df4e..3fd69e2b 100644
--- a/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3_image::SDL3_image)
 		#GIT_TAG a34ccf16f961e6d5a480045eb650fc3dddb4bfaa # tip 14-05-2024
 		#GIT_TAG 2fc5310a9a2700fc856663200f94edebeb5e554a # tip 28-05-2024
 		#GIT_TAG 8eff782fa33d795c9ea1ac42dbe7e17cc9874c78 # tip 09-06-2024
-		GIT_TAG 8abc07df88cc035997e797967ac2f479b0e50981 # tip 18-07-2024
+		#GIT_TAG 8abc07df88cc035997e797967ac2f479b0e50981 # tip 18-07-2024
+		GIT_TAG 2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7 # tip 29-07-2024
 		FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS # for the future
 	)
 	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SDL3_image)
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 8d994531..562c5cf7 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -63,34 +63,34 @@
     "sdl3": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1721156595,
-        "narHash": "sha256-BamJ5xK2uEHv1Q5AM2aNYk+ZDsrKCVsyZ4ium7pTTis=",
+        "lastModified": 1722282731,
+        "narHash": "sha256-02y7JB23xAehjqBp6hj7ExNkD06XkFE8Odxnu0hYx8k=",
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL",
-        "rev": "d65a8146b950abe31b4fbf779f3e2fea731af9bd",
+        "rev": "67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL",
-        "rev": "d65a8146b950abe31b4fbf779f3e2fea731af9bd",
+        "rev": "67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
     "sdl3_image": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1721253495,
-        "narHash": "sha256-mZjO5Tfu6TyGGC/2AduzOqKHW9NdH4oSzyVGjipW5bQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1722000822,
+        "narHash": "sha256-h2vyWcGdLPbg42M6bgJAzskXJfeq9UYTMHi1XdP/otk=",
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL_image",
-        "rev": "8abc07df88cc035997e797967ac2f479b0e50981",
+        "rev": "2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL_image",
-        "rev": "8abc07df88cc035997e797967ac2f479b0e50981",
+        "rev": "2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2fdbb9a7..b5985b84 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
       flake = false;
     };
     sdl3 = {
-      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL/d65a8146b950abe31b4fbf779f3e2fea731af9bd"; # keep in sync this cmake
+      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL/67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f"; # keep in sync this cmake
       flake = false;
     };
     sdl3_image = {
-      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL_image/8abc07df88cc035997e797967ac2f479b0e50981";
+      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL_image/2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7";
       flake = false;
     };
   };