diff --git a/qemuimg2disk/Dockerfile b/qemuimg2disk/Dockerfile
index a43ea98..58c1251 100644
--- a/qemuimg2disk/Dockerfile
+++ b/qemuimg2disk/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM alpine:3.21 AS builder
 ENV QEMU_NAME="qemu"
-ARG QEMU_REV="6.1.0"
+ARG QEMU_REV="11.0.1"
 ENV QEMU_SRC_BASENAME="${QEMU_NAME}-${QEMU_REV}"
 ENV QEMU_SRC_URL="https://download.qemu.org/${QEMU_SRC_BASENAME}.tar.xz"
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ RUN apk add --update --upgrade \
     libc-dev \
     linux-headers \
     make \
+    meson \
+    ninja \
     perl \
     pkgconf \
     python3 py3-setuptools \
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ RUN apk add --update --upgrade \
     zlib-dev zlib-static \
     bash git parted patch xz \
     curl-dev curl-static nettle-dev nettle-static brotli-dev brotli-static nghttp2-dev nghttp2-static openssl-libs-static \
-    zstd-dev zstd-static libpsl-static libunistring-static libidn2-static
+    zstd-dev zstd-static libpsl-static libunistring-static libidn2-static bzip2-static
 
 WORKDIR /work
 RUN wget "${QEMU_SRC_URL}" -O- | tar xJ
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ FROM scratch AS collect
 COPY --from=builder /bin/qemu-img /bin/qemu-img
 COPY --from=builder /bin/sh /bin/sh
 COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+# qemu-img's static libcurl is built with --with-ca-bundle=/etc/ssl/cert.pem,
+# so HTTPS sources fail without a CA bundle at that path. On Alpine this is a
+# symlink, which `COPY --from` would preserve and break in the scratch image,
+# so copy the resolved bundle directly.
+COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/cert.pem
 COPY --from=builder /lib/ld-musl*  /lib/
 COPY --from=qemuimg2disk /src/qemuimg2disk/qemuimg2disk /usr/bin/qemuimg2disk
 COPY --from=qemuimg2disk /src/qemuimg2disk/entrypoint.sh /usr/bin/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/qemuimg2disk/entrypoint.sh b/qemuimg2disk/entrypoint.sh
index 94814b0..082feda 100755
--- a/qemuimg2disk/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/qemuimg2disk/entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o xtrace
 # We actually do want EXTRA_ARGS to be split up
 #shellcheck disable=SC2086
-qemu-img convert "${IMG_URL:?}" -O "${FORMAT:-host_device}" "${DEST_DISK:?}" ${EXTRA_ARGS}
+qemu-img convert -p "${IMG_URL:?}" -O "${FORMAT:-host_device}" "${DEST_DISK:?}" ${EXTRA_ARGS}
 qemuimg2disk || true
diff --git a/qemuimg2disk/test-local.sh b/qemuimg2disk/test-local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c87053f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemuimg2disk/test-local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Local repro for the qemuimg2disk action.
+#
+# The action runs `qemu-img convert -O host_device "$DEST_DISK"` and
+# host_device only accepts real block/char devices. To test locally we
+# back a temp raw file with a loop device and pass that through.
+#
+# Requires root (losetup + /dev/loopN access).
+#
+# Usage:
+#   sudo ./test-local.sh
+#   sudo IMG_URL=... ./test-local.sh
+#   sudo IMAGE=qemuimg2disk:local ./test-local.sh
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+if [[ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "must be run as root (need losetup + block device access)" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+IMG_URL="${IMG_URL:-https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img}"
+FORMAT="${FORMAT:-host_device}"
+SIZE="${SIZE:-10G}"
+IMAGE="${IMAGE:-quay.io/tinkerbell/actions/qemuimg2disk:latest}"
+
+workdir="$(mktemp -d -t qemuimg2disk-XXXXXX)"
+disk="${workdir}/disk.raw"
+loopdev=""
+
+cleanup() {
+    if [[ -n "${loopdev}" ]]; then
+        losetup -d "${loopdev}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+    rm -rf "${workdir}"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Sparse raw file: claims SIZE bytes but uses ~0 until written to.
+truncate -s "${SIZE}" "${disk}"
+
+# Attach it to a free loop device so qemu-img sees a real block device.
+loopdev="$(losetup --find --show "${disk}")"
+
+echo "==> Temp file: ${disk} (${SIZE} sparse)"
+echo "==> Loop dev:  ${loopdev}"
+echo "==> Source:    ${IMG_URL}"
+echo "==> Format:    ${FORMAT}"
+echo "==> Image:     ${IMAGE}"
+echo
+
+set -x
+docker run --rm \
+    -e IMG_URL="${IMG_URL}" \
+    -e DEST_DISK="${loopdev}" \
+    -e FORMAT="${FORMAT}" \
+    --device "${loopdev}:${loopdev}" \
+    "${IMAGE}"
+set +x
+
+echo
+echo "==> Done."