diff --git a/templates/docker-compose-gitea.yml.tpl b/templates/docker-compose-gitea.yml.tpl
index 6d6b230..0c24289 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose-gitea.yml.tpl
+++ b/templates/docker-compose-gitea.yml.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Gitea Docker Compose — rendered by phase1_gitea_unraid.sh and phase2_gitea_fedora.sh
-# Variables: GITEA_VERSION, DATA_PATH, GITEA_CONTAINER_IP
+# Variables: GITEA_VERSION, DATA_PATH, GITEA_CONTAINER_IP, GITEA_NETWORK_NAME
 # DATA_PATH is host-specific (UNRAID_GITEA_DATA_PATH or FEDORA_GITEA_DATA_PATH)
 # DB_SERVICE block is stripped for sqlite3, kept for mysql/postgres/mssql.
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ${DB_ENV_VARS}
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
     networks:
-      gitea_net:
+      ${GITEA_NETWORK_NAME}:
         ipv4_address: ${DB_CONTAINER_IP}
 # DB_SERVICE_END
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ${DB_ENV_VARS}
       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
     networks:
-      gitea_net:
+      ${GITEA_NETWORK_NAME}:
         ipv4_address: ${GITEA_CONTAINER_IP}
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-sf", "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/version"]
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ ${DB_ENV_VARS}
       start_period: 30s
 
 networks:
-  gitea_net:
+  ${GITEA_NETWORK_NAME}:
     external: true