diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f6b63b03..109c4626a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 ## Breaking changes
 
 -->
+# Release 5.33
+
+## Release notes
+
+* Changed: the wire-builds reference with 5.33 backend
+
 # Release 5.32
 
 ## Release notes
diff --git a/ansible/inventory/demo/host.yml b/ansible/inventory/demo/host.yml
index 445c628b8..e4afed384 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/demo/host.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/demo/host.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ wiab:
     wire_ip: ""
 
     # artifact_hash
-    artifact_hash: "5b01f250e128db689715558bad6b5e532cf4a7a0"
+    artifact_hash: "4a7c9ee5d6f0cd7bf5ef76b72324b61028176f52"
   
     # docker vars
     docker_ce_version: "5:28.1.1-1~ubuntu.24.04~noble"
diff --git a/ansible/inventory/demo/wiab-staging.yml b/ansible/inventory/demo/wiab-staging.yml
index 864a245da..d7267b99d 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/demo/wiab-staging.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/demo/wiab-staging.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ wiab-staging:
       ansible_user: 'demo'
       ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "~/.ssh/id_ed25519"
   vars:
-    artifact_hash: 5b01f250e128db689715558bad6b5e532cf4a7a0
+    artifact_hash: 4a7c9ee5d6f0cd7bf5ef76b72324b61028176f52
     # when enabled, disable WAN SNAT/masquerading for VMs on the private network
     private_deployment: true
diff --git a/offline/tasks/proc_pull_charts.sh b/offline/tasks/proc_pull_charts.sh
index 8c0f57d17..be71b53d6 100755
--- a/offline/tasks/proc_pull_charts.sh
+++ b/offline/tasks/proc_pull_charts.sh
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ pull_charts() {
 
 }
 
-wire_build="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wireapp/wire-builds/818524e35d2894f5486c50b9ed9ed967ac099561/build.json"
+wire_build="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wireapp/wire-builds/refs/heads/pinned-offline-5.33.0/build.json"
 wire_build_chart_release "$wire_build" | pull_charts