diff --git a/data-processing-lib/spark/Makefile b/data-processing-lib/spark/Makefile
index d4d01ba74..51290ccf5 100644
--- a/data-processing-lib/spark/Makefile
+++ b/data-processing-lib/spark/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ include $(REPOROOT)/.make.defaults
 SPARK_VERSION=3.5.2
 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=data-prep-kit-spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)
 DOCKER_IMAGE_LIB_NAME=data-prep-kit-spark
-DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION := latest
 
 
 .check-env::
diff --git a/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/Dockerfile b/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/Dockerfile
index 2b529de8d..dc8f5faf3 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:0.2.1.dev0
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:latest
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
 USER root
diff --git a/transforms/universal/filter/spark/Dockerfile b/transforms/universal/filter/spark/Dockerfile
index 92eebbee8..8131c8d07 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/filter/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/transforms/universal/filter/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:0.2.1.dev0
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:latest
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
 USER root
diff --git a/transforms/universal/noop/spark/Dockerfile b/transforms/universal/noop/spark/Dockerfile
index e72cb06ae..deb54f974 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/noop/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/transforms/universal/noop/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:0.2.1.dev0
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:latest
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
 USER root