diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8be59f1f..05b3c875 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         base: [debian, alpine]
     env:
       # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=hedgedoc/hedgedoc versioning=semver
-      HEDGEDOC_VERSION: 1.10.0
+      HEDGEDOC_VERSION: 1.9.9
       HEDGEDOC_IMAGE: quay.io/hedgedoc/hedgedoc
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5d44cbab..e213b298 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
     #  args:
     #    - "VERSION=master"
     #    - "HEDGEDOC_REPOSITORY=https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc.git"
-    image: quay.io/hedgedoc/hedgedoc:1.10.0
+    image: quay.io/hedgedoc/hedgedoc:1.9.9
     #mem_limit: 256mb         # version 2 only
     #memswap_limit: 512mb     # version 2 only
     #read_only: true          # not supported in swarm mode, enable along with tmpfs