diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-cuda-docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-cuda-docker-image.yml
index 81a32687e..066f5caba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-cuda-docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-cuda-docker-image.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@ name: Publish orquestra-sdk-base Docker Image with CUDA support
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      sdk_requirement:
-        type: string
-        description: |
-          Orquestra SDK requirement to build the image with. 
-          Example of using a published version of the SDK:
-          orquestra-sdk[ray]==0.63.0
-          Example of using an unpublished version:
-          orquestra-sdk[ray] @ git+https://github.com/zapata-engineering/orquestra-sdk.git@v0.63.0#subdirectory=projects/orquestra-sdk
       docker_tag:
         type: string
         description: |
@@ -81,6 +73,6 @@ jobs:
           # as on the command line `--build-arg`, one to a line:
           # docker_build_args: BUILD_ARG_ONE=value1\nBUILD_ARG_TWO=value2
           # DUE TO JSON LIMITATIONS, NEWLINES MUST BE EXPLICITLY ADDED AS \n
-          docker_build_args: SDK_REQUIREMENT=${{ inputs.sdk_requirement }}
+          docker_build_args:
           # leave blank for linux/amd64 (recommended)
           target_platforms: ''
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker-image.yml
index 3c3c1a755..36d17764f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker-image.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@ name: Publish orquestra-sdk-base Docker Image
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      sdk_requirement:
-        type: string
-        description: |
-          Orquestra SDK requirement to build the image with. 
-          Example of using a published version of the SDK:
-          orquestra-sdk[ray]==0.63.0
-          Example of using an unpublished version:
-          orquestra-sdk[ray] @ git+https://github.com/zapata-engineering/orquestra-sdk.git@v0.63.0#subdirectory=projects/orquestra-sdk
       docker_tag:
         type: string
         description: |
@@ -79,6 +71,6 @@ jobs:
           # as on the command line `--build-arg`, one to a line:
           # docker_build_args: BUILD_ARG_ONE=value1\nBUILD_ARG_TWO=value2
           # DUE TO JSON LIMITATIONS, NEWLINES MUST BE EXPLICITLY ADDED AS \n
-          docker_build_args: SDK_REQUIREMENT=${{ inputs.sdk_requirement }}
+          docker_build_args:
           # leave blank for linux/amd64 (recommended)
           target_platforms: 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64'
diff --git a/projects/orquestra-sdk/docker/Dockerfile b/projects/orquestra-sdk/docker/Dockerfile
index 8f4d53f47..c30b263fa 100644
--- a/projects/orquestra-sdk/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/orquestra-sdk/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Base image for running Orquestra tasks.
 # Published at hub.nexus.orquestra.io/zapatacomputing/orquestra-sdk-base
 FROM python:3.11.6-slim-bullseye
-ARG SDK_REQUIREMENT
 
 # Set by BuildKit
 ARG TARGETARCH
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ RUN <<EOF
 set -ex
 . "$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate"
 python -m pip install --no-cache-dir -U pip wheel
-python -m pip install --no-cache-dir "${SDK_REQUIREMENT}"
+python -m pip install --no-cache-dir ray[default]==2.30
 EOF
 
 # Prefer to use pip, python, and other binaries from the virtual env.