diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 49165f8..89c60b8 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ GITEA_ENABLE_PUSH_CREATE_USER=false
 GITEA_ENABLE_PUSH_CREATE_ORG=false
 GITEA_LFS_START_SERVER=false
 GITEA_MAX_CREATION_LIMIT=-1
+GITEA_SESSION_PROVIDER=memory
 
 GITEA_REPO_UPLOAD_ENABLED=true
 GITEA_REPO_UPLOAD_ALLOWED_TYPES=*/*
diff --git a/abra.sh b/abra.sh
index c4fa8b1..4738896 100644
--- a/abra.sh
+++ b/abra.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export APP_INI_VERSION=v26
+export APP_INI_VERSION=v27
 export DOCKER_SETUP_SH_VERSION=v2
 export PG_BACKUP_VERSION=v1
 
diff --git a/app.ini.tmpl b/app.ini.tmpl
index 9f9ace1..7e16b0f 100644
--- a/app.ini.tmpl
+++ b/app.ini.tmpl
@@ -139,3 +139,5 @@ LEVEL=WARN
 STACKTRACE_LEVEL=None
 ENABLE_XORM_LOG=false
 
+[session]
+PROVIDER = {{ env "GITEA_SESSION_PROVIDER" }}
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 86758c9..ab6b78e 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ services:
         - "traefik.http.middlewares.${STACK_NAME}_cors.headers.accesscontrolalloworiginlist=https://${GITEA_CORS_ALLOW_DOMAIN}"
         - "traefik.http.middlewares.${STACK_NAME}_cors.headers.accesscontrolmaxage=100"
         - "traefik.http.middlewares.${STACK_NAME}_cors.headers.addvaryheader=true"
-        - coop-cloud.${STACK_NAME}.version=5.3.0+15.0.0-rootless
+        - coop-cloud.${STACK_NAME}.version=5.3.1+15.0.2-rootless
 
 
 networks: