diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/adversarial-review.yml b/.gitea/workflows/adversarial-review.yml
index 36abf92..9b8d536 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/adversarial-review.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/adversarial-review.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ jobs:
     # and cache the reusable-workflow ref, so a moved v1 tag keeps resolving to the
     # stale cached copy. A unique sha forces a cache miss → fresh fetch. Bump this
     # sha to adopt central swarm changes.
-    uses: steve/gadfly/.gitea/workflows/review-reusable.yml@c9dab69d143cb614c1840a5b06d6ffc358f4752d
+    #
+    # 8adeeea resolves the reviewer image tag at RUN time (reviewer_tag input →
+    # the owner's GADFLY_REVIEWER_TAG var → a baked fallback that exists in the
+    # registry), so a retired image tag can't strand this stub again: the previous
+    # pin (c9dab69) hard-coded gadfly:sha-b37cd09, which had been pruned from the
+    # registry by 2026-08-22 and every review died at "manifest unknown".
+    uses: steve/gadfly/.gitea/workflows/review-reusable.yml@8adeeeabe0738a797a1bdfc42c5176ea8ee627e4
     # Least privilege: forward only the review secrets (not `secrets: inherit`,
     # which would expose every repo secret). GITEA_TOKEN is the automatic token.
     secrets: