diff --git a/roles/web-app-bigbluebutton/meta/services.yml b/roles/web-app-bigbluebutton/meta/services.yml
index 1774c3f158..e93411f153 100644
--- a/roles/web-app-bigbluebutton/meta/services.yml
+++ b/roles/web-app-bigbluebutton/meta/services.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ etherpad:
 # nocheck: dynamic-flag: fixed upstream-compose sub-service, not group-gated
 bbb-pads:
   image: alangecker/bbb-docker-pads
-  version: "v1.5.11"
+  version: "v1.5.8"
   update:
     type: http_regex
     url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigbluebutton/docker/develop/repos/tags
diff --git a/tests/unit/python/utils/update/test_source.py b/tests/unit/python/utils/update/test_source.py
index e10f86c77f..df905623d2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/python/utils/update/test_source.py
+++ b/tests/unit/python/utils/update/test_source.py
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ class TestOutdated(unittest.TestCase):
 class TestTemplate(unittest.TestCase):
     def _outdated(self, services: str, upstream: str) -> list[str]:
         root = _repo(services)
-        with mock.patch.object(module, "documents", return_value=upstream):
+        with (
+            mock.patch.object(module, "documents", return_value=upstream),
+            mock.patch.object(module, "manifest_exists", return_value=True),
+        ):
             updates = module.outdated(module.collect_entries(root), root)
         return [update.latest for update in updates]
 
@@ -206,6 +209,31 @@ class TestTemplate(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
 
+class TestPulledImage(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _outdated(self, exists: bool | None) -> tuple[list[str], mock.MagicMock]:
+        root = _repo(COMPOUND)
+        with (
+            mock.patch.object(
+                module, "documents", return_value="core v3.0.39\npart v1.11.3\n"
+            ),
+            mock.patch.object(module, "manifest_exists", return_value=exists) as probe,
+        ):
+            updates = module.outdated(module.collect_entries(root), root)
+        return [update.latest for update in updates], probe
+
+    def test_a_tag_the_image_registry_lacks_is_not_pinned(self) -> None:
+        latest, probe = self._outdated(False)
+        self.assertEqual(latest, [])
+        probe.assert_called_once_with("example/part", "v1.11.3-v3.0.39")
+
+    def test_an_indeterminate_registry_answer_keeps_the_bump(self) -> None:
+        self.assertEqual(self._outdated(None)[0], ["v1.11.3-v3.0.39"])
+
+    def test_only_the_version_of_a_pulled_image_carries_the_image(self) -> None:
+        entries = {e.key: e.image for e in module.collect_entries(_repo())}
+        self.assertEqual(entries, {"app_version": "", "version": "example"})
+
+
 class TestAddons(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_only_a_declared_or_github_released_addon_pin_is_collected(self) -> None:
         entries = module.collect_entries(_addon_repo())
diff --git a/utils/update/source.py b/utils/update/source.py
index 0cf9166337..3d6405feaa 100644
--- a/utils/update/source.py
+++ b/utils/update/source.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from utils.annotations.suppress import is_suppressed_at
 from utils.cache.files import read_text
 from utils.cache.yaml import load_yaml
+from utils.docker.registry import manifest_exists
 from utils.roles.mapping import ROLE_FILE_META_SERVICES
 from utils.update.addons import GITHUB_RELEASES_CATALOG, iter_addon_files
 from utils.update.base import (
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ class VersionSourceEntry:
         config_path: file that carries the pin.
         line: 1-indexed line of the pin.
         addon: whether the pin sits in ``meta/addons/<id>.yml``.
+        image: image the pin tags when it is the entity's ``version``, pulled
+            directly or as the base of a ``custom`` build; a bump to a tag
+            its registry answers 404 for is withheld, an indeterminate answer
+            does not block it.
     """
 
     role: str
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ class VersionSourceEntry:
     config_path: Path
     line: int
     addon: bool = False
+    image: str = ""
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -442,6 +448,7 @@ def collect_entries(repo_root: Path) -> list[VersionSourceEntry]:
                         source=source,
                         config_path=config_path,
                         line=line,
+                        image=config.get("image", "") if key == DEFAULT_KEY else "",
                     )
                 )
     return entries + _addon_entries(repo_root)
@@ -458,8 +465,11 @@ def outdated(
             candidates(entry, repo_root),
             assembled=bool(entry.source.get("template")),
         )
-        if newest:
-            updates.append(VersionSourceUpdate(entry=entry, latest=newest))
+        if not newest:
+            continue
+        if entry.image and manifest_exists(entry.image, newest) is False:
+            continue
+        updates.append(VersionSourceUpdate(entry=entry, latest=newest))
     return updates