diff --git a/.cockpit-ci/container b/.cockpit-ci/container
index 861f42a..53954e2 100644
--- a/.cockpit-ci/container
+++ b/.cockpit-ci/container
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ghcr.io/cockpit-project/tasks:2024-12-14
+ghcr.io/cockpit-project/tasks:2024-12-16
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f5fc6b5..ba34af9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ rpm: $(TARFILE) $(NODE_CACHE) $(SPEC)
 	  $(SPEC)
 	find `pwd`/output -name '*.rpm' -printf '%f\n' -exec mv {} . \;
 	rm -r "`pwd`/rpmbuild"
-	rm -r "`pwd`/output" "`pwd`/build"
+	rm -rf "`pwd`/output" "`pwd`/build"
 
 # build a VM with locally built rpm installed, cockpit/ws container, and local
 # ostree for testing