diff --git a/Dockerfile.ci b/Dockerfile.ci
index dddae1a8ec9f..4b259cc953bc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ci
+++ b/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ RUN pip install nemo_run@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Run.git@${NEMO_RUN_T
 # Install NeMo requirements
 ARG TE_TAG=7d576ed25266a17a7b651f2c12e8498f67e0baea
 ARG MODELOPT_VERSION=0.19.0
-ARG MCORE_TAG=bc8c4f356240ea4ccadce426251171e6e430c9d3
+ARG MCORE_TAG=1b8fce7e17e7f945c1f59d06744a2e126bedc015
 
 ARG APEX_TAG=810ffae374a2b9cb4b5c5e28eaeca7d7998fca0c
 RUN \