diff --git a/.make.defaults b/.make.defaults
index 5df7bd933..f9f58500f 100644
--- a/.make.defaults
+++ b/.make.defaults
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ DOCKER_LOCAL_IMAGE=$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):$(DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION)
 DOCKER_REMOTE_IMAGE=$(DOCKER_REGISTRY_ENDPOINT)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):$(DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION)
 DOCKER_SPARK_BASE_IMAGE_NAME=data-prep-kit-spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)
 DOCKER_SPARK_BASE_IMAGE=$(DOCKER_SPARK_BASE_IMAGE_NAME):$(DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION)
-RAY_BASE_IMAGE?=docker.io/rayproject/ray:${RAY}-py312
+RAY_BASE_IMAGE?=docker.io/rayproject/ray:${RAY}-py310
 # Deprecated in favor of DOCKER_REMOTE_IMAGE
 DOCKER_IMAGE?=$(DOCKER_REMOTE_IMAGE)
 KIND_CLUSTER_NAME=dataprep