diff --git a/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt b/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
index 808fa43..c529e09 100644
--- a/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3_image::SDL3_image)
 		#GIT_TAG 2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7 # tip 29-07-2024
 		#GIT_TAG c1b272450d306db3845086cc231acae736b92f4f # tip 09-09-2024
 		#GIT_TAG b56e6c4d1a1c03b3904a8ad21f1fa73c651ffbfc # tip 17-09-2024
-		GIT_TAG 6f4584340b9b78542d11bf0232a1a0862de1f0a9 # tip 25-09-2024
+		#GIT_TAG 6f4584340b9b78542d11bf0232a1a0862de1f0a9 # tip 25-09-2024
+		GIT_TAG 4ff27afa450eabd2a827e49ed86fab9e3bf826c5 # prerelease-3.1.1
 		FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS # for the future
 	)
 	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SDL3_image)
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 05cdcc3..1d04af8 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -98,17 +98,17 @@
     "sdl3_image": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1727262062,
-        "narHash": "sha256-o2NV02FeKSaQO3CBKYlqsu3HImziYCtWfum8G/pkX5o=",
+        "lastModified": 1737599532,
+        "narHash": "sha256-uOrWjNvCeig2M8tdziBucwoZfNKGjBmzqyV1KSqUABk=",
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL_image",
-        "rev": "6f4584340b9b78542d11bf0232a1a0862de1f0a9",
+        "rev": "4ff27afa450eabd2a827e49ed86fab9e3bf826c5",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL_image",
-        "rev": "6f4584340b9b78542d11bf0232a1a0862de1f0a9",
+        "rev": "4ff27afa450eabd2a827e49ed86fab9e3bf826c5",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ab7a3fd..4edbdd2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       flake = false;
     };
     sdl3_image = {
-      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL_image/6f4584340b9b78542d11bf0232a1a0862de1f0a9";
+      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL_image/4ff27afa450eabd2a827e49ed86fab9e3bf826c5";
       flake = false;
     };
     implot = {