diff --git a/IMG_SFX b/IMG_SFX
index 9f940a6a..ad6ae149 100644
--- a/IMG_SFX
+++ b/IMG_SFX
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20231004t194547z-f39f38d13
+20231109t135629z-f39f38d13
diff --git a/cache_images/fedora_packaging.sh b/cache_images/fedora_packaging.sh
index 682c13cf..ed00d58c 100644
--- a/cache_images/fedora_packaging.sh
+++ b/cache_images/fedora_packaging.sh
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ DOWNLOAD_PACKAGES=(\
 msg "Installing general build/test dependencies"
 bigto $SUDO dnf install -y $EXARG "${INSTALL_PACKAGES[@]}"
 
+# FIXME! 2023-11-09 emergency workaround for zstd:chunked crisis
+# Override until such time as podman tests actually *WORK* with zstd
+sed -i -e '/^compression_format/d' /usr/share/containers/containers.conf
+
 msg "Downloading packages for optional installation at runtime, as needed."
 $SUDO mkdir -p "$PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_DIR"
 cd "$PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_DIR"