diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index b9ade928d..465730058 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   buildWindows:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: docker://subsurface/mxe-build-container:3.0.1
+      image: docker://subsurface/mxe-build:3.1.0
 
     steps:
     - name: checkout sources
diff --git a/packaging/windows/README.md b/packaging/windows/README.md
index 4b7ff9b02..fccb518d0 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/README.md
+++ b/packaging/windows/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/subsurface/subsurface
 cd subsurface
 git submodule init
 git submodule update
-docker run -v /some/path/windows:/__w subsurface/mxe-build-container:2.2 /bin/bash /__w/subsurface/packaging/windows/create-win-installer.sh
+docker run -v /some/path/windows:/__w subsurface/mxe-build:3.1.0 /bin/bash /__w/subsurface/packaging/windows/create-win-installer.sh
 ```
 
 This will result in subsurface-VERSION.exe and smtk2ssrf-VERSION.exe to be created.
diff --git a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/build-container.sh b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/build-container.sh
index 1909459ca..617fcd1b0 100755
--- a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/build-container.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/build-container.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ MXE_SHA="c0bfefc57a00fdf6cb5278263e21a478e47b0bf5"
 SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname $0)
 
 # version of the docker image
-VERSION=3.0.1
+VERSION=3.1.0
 
 pushd $SCRIPTPATH
 
 # we use the 'experimental' --squash argument to significantly reduce the size of the massively huge
 # Docker container this produces
-docker build -t subsurface/mxe-build-container:$VERSION --build-arg=mxe_sha=$MXE_SHA -f Dockerfile .
+docker build -t subsurface/mxe-build:$VERSION --build-arg=mxe_sha=$MXE_SHA -f Dockerfile .
 docker images
 popd
diff --git a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/instructions.md b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/instructions.md
index 28f2e6c59..9a456bc91 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/instructions.md
+++ b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/instructions.md
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ This document assumes you have alreay installed docker and have checked out subs
 If you just want to build with the current mxe build container then starting from the folder above subsurface run
 
 ```bash
-docker run -v $PWD/win32:/win/win32 -v $PWD/subsurface:/win/subsurface --name=mybuilder -w /win -d subsurface/mxe-build-container:x.y /bin/sleep 60m
+docker run -v $PWD/win32:/win/win32 -v $PWD/subsurface:/win/subsurface --name=mybuilder -w /win -d subsurface/mxe-build:x.y /bin/sleep 60m
 ```
 
-replacing the x.y in the mxe-build-container tag with the current version e.g. 2.0
+replacing the x.y in the mxe-build tag with the current version e.g. 3.1.0
 
 Next you need to prep the container by installing some prerequisites
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Which will copy the installer into the win32 folder which will be a sibling of t
 
 ## Modifying the container
 If you want to make changes to the build environment used in the conatiner
-The script scripts/docker/mxe-build-container.sh will build the Docker image itself.
+The script scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/build-container.sh will build the Docker image itself.
 The sha of the version of MXE we are using is built into this, so you can update that to whatever version is required, and modify dockerfiles and settings-stage1.mk and settings-stage2.mk to pull in any other prerequisites as required.
 
 If you are working on updating the container then you should incrment the minor version of the variable VERSION in the script as otherwise it will clash with the version used in production