diff --git a/Dockerfile.ci b/Dockerfile.ci
index e1b78547325a..1c42e0b27e66 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=c1728c12f1f1cdbb786e52f1ffe512295d76bef3
+ARG MCORE_TAG=a9d040c355f7f2d3ead209931cd95d61167494fa
 
 ARG APEX_TAG=810ffae374a2b9cb4b5c5e28eaeca7d7998fca0c
 RUN \