diff --git a/bin/test-image b/bin/test-image
index 8b50a67f..4fde2b7e 100755
--- a/bin/test-image
+++ b/bin/test-image
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ EOF
     fi
 else
     for PRIV in "priv" "unpriv"; do
+        if [ "${PRIV}" = "priv" ] && [ "${DIST}" = "nixos" ] && [ "${RELEASE}" = "23.11" ]; then
+            # NixOS 23.11 will never support privileged containers, but future versions do
+            continue
+        fi
+
         incus init "${TEST_IMAGE}" "${TEST_IMAGE}-${PRIV}"
         INSTANCES="${INSTANCES} ${TEST_IMAGE}-${PRIV}"
 
diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/image-nixos.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/image-nixos.yaml
index 5e8d8c8d..f674cf32 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/image-nixos.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/image-nixos.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
         name: release
         type: user-defined
         values:
-        - current
+        - unstable
+        - 23.11
 
     - axis:
         name: variant
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@
 
         exec sudo /lxc-ci/bin/build-distro /lxc-ci/images/nixos.yaml \
             ${INCUS_ARCHITECTURE} container 14400 ${WORKSPACE} \
-            -o image.architecture=${ARCH}
+            -o image.architecture=${ARCH} \
+            -o image.release=${release}
 
     properties:
     - build-discarder: