diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c497e9c1c1..4967ab327b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ variables:
   # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#shallow-cloning
   GIT_DEPTH: 3
   GIT_CLEAN_FLAGS: -f
-  CACHE_IMAGE_TAG: 55629eab
+  CACHE_IMAGE_TAG: 8490f4b9
 
 default:
   # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/settings.html#auto-cancel-pending-pipelines
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2694d34f41..a09f064b99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 - Added a skill tree for mining, which gains xp from mining ores and gems.
+- Added debug line info to release builds, enhancing the usefulness of panic backtraces
 
 ### Changed
 - Entity-entity pushback is no longer applied in forced movement states like rolling and leaping.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bd0e04061c..1f5d7b0750 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ opt-level = 3
 overflow-checks = false
 debug-assertions = false
 lto = true
-debug = false
+debug = 1 # line tables so we can have useful backtraces
+panic = "abort" # don't need unwinding so we can skip including the landing pads for that
 
 # used for cargo bench
 [profile.bench]