diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker_image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker_image.yml
index 85fc610f4414..5781823e9cef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker_image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker_image.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
             -t ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE }}:${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} \
             -t ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE }}:${{ env.GIT_COMMIT_SHORT }} \
             -t ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE }}:${{ env.GIT_COMMIT_LONG }}
+          docker run --rm linera ./linera --version
   
       - name: Push Docker image to Google Artifact Registry
         run: |
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index c46ca94e85e6..c72f7a2f72cd 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ARG target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 ARG binaries=
 ARG copy=${binaries:+_copy}
 
-FROM rust:1.74-slim-bookworm AS builder
+FROM rust:1.81-slim-bookworm AS builder
 ARG git_commit
 ARG target