diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/ci.Dockerfile b/.gitea/scripts/ci.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15a6f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/ci.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# CI-only image for the dependency check.
+#
+# The report is a Node script because it has to compare semantic versions and
+# read four different HTTP APIs, and the official `rust` image ships no Node —
+# while the `node` image ships no cargo, which `cargo metadata` needs to resolve
+# the workspace graph. Rather than maintain the parsing twice in two languages,
+# this layers the two together.
+#
+# Node is copied from the official image rather than installed from a
+# third-party apt repository: no extra signing key, no extra network
+# dependency at build time, and the same binaries everyone else runs.
+ARG RUST_VERSION=1.95
+ARG NODE_VERSION=22-bookworm-slim
+
+FROM node:${NODE_VERSION} AS node
+
+FROM rust:${RUST_VERSION}-bookworm
+COPY --from=node /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
+COPY --from=node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /usr/local/lib/node_modules
+RUN ln -sf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js /usr/local/bin/npm \
+ && node --version
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/dependency-check.yml b/.gitea/workflows/dependency-check.yml
index 3dec59e..ff4d733 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/dependency-check.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/dependency-check.yml
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ jobs:
 
       # The workspace is streamed into the container over stdin rather than
       # bind-mounted, so this works whether the runner shares a filesystem with
-      # the daemon or not. The official rust image already carries the
-      # toolchain, so nothing is downloaded inside.
+      # the daemon or not.
+      #
+      # The image is rust + node, built from .gitea/scripts/ci.Dockerfile: the
+      # report needs cargo to resolve the workspace graph and Node to read the
+      # registries, and neither official image has both.
       #
       # RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN overrides rust-toolchain.toml: the image's own
       # toolchain is enough to read Cargo.lock, and honouring the file would
@@ -66,10 +69,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate report
         run: |
           set -eu
+          VERSION="${{ steps.rust.outputs.version }}"
+          docker build \
+            --build-arg "RUST_VERSION=${VERSION}" \
+            --tag "dep-check:${VERSION}" \
+            --file .gitea/scripts/ci.Dockerfile \
+            .gitea/scripts > /dev/null
+
           tar cf - --exclude=./.git --exclude=./target . | docker run --rm -i \
-            -e RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN="${{ steps.rust.outputs.version }}" \
+            -e RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN="${VERSION}" \
             -e CARGO_TERM_COLOR=never \
-            "rust:${{ steps.rust.outputs.version }}-bookworm" \
+            "dep-check:${VERSION}" \
             sh -ec 'mkdir -p /work && cd /work && tar xf - && exec node .gitea/scripts/dependency-report.mjs' \
             > /tmp/report.md 2> /tmp/report.err || {
               echo "::error::the dependency report failed to generate"