diff --git a/images/rstudio-notebook/Dockerfile b/images/rstudio-notebook/Dockerfile
index c8e5fbb0..fa0d9050 100644
--- a/images/rstudio-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/rstudio-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -6,23 +6,19 @@ FROM ghcr.io/ucsd-ets/datascience-notebook:${BASE_TAG}
 USER root
 
 # Follow instructions atL https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download-server/
-ENV RSTUDIO_PKG=rstudio-server-1.4.1717-amd64.deb \
-    RSESSION_PROXY_RSTUDIO_1_4=true
-ENV RSTUDIO_URL=https://download2.rstudio.org/server/bionic/amd64/${RSTUDIO_PKG}
+ENV RSTUDIO_PKG=rstudio-server-2023.09.0-463-amd64.deb
+ENV RSTUDIO_URL=https://download2.rstudio.org/server/focal/amd64/${RSTUDIO_PKG}
 
 # rstudio installation expects R to live under /usr/bin, /bin/, etc.
 RUN ln -s /opt/conda/bin/R /usr/bin/R && \
-    gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key E331692F && \
     apt-get update && \
     apt-get -qq install -y apt-utils gdebi-core dpkg-sig && \
-    curl -L ${RSTUDIO_URL} > ${RSTUDIO_PKG} && \
-    dpkg-sig --verify ${RSTUDIO_PKG} && \
+    wget ${RSTUDIO_URL} && \
     gdebi -n ${RSTUDIO_PKG} && \
     rm -f ${RSTUDIO_PKG} && \
     echo '/opt/conda/lib/R/lib' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/r.conf && /sbin/ldconfig -v && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     rm -f /usr/bin/R && \
-    rm /var/lib/rstudio-server/rstudio.sqlite && \
     chmod -R g=u /var/lib/rstudio-server
 
 # Revert to 1.0b6 to correct terminal bug (see https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyter-rsession-proxy/issues/71)
@@ -45,7 +41,8 @@ ENV PATH="${PATH}:/usr/lib/rstudio-server/bin" \
 COPY ./lib /opt/k8s-support/lib
 
 RUN R -e "install.packages('rjson', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')" && \
-    R -e "install.packages('session', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')"
+    R -e "install.packages('session', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')" && \
+    R -e "install.packages('rmarkdown', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')"
 
 COPY ./test ./integration_tests /home/jovyan/
 #/usr/share/datahub/tests/datascience-rstudio-docker