diff --git a/vector/replay-capture/Dockerfile b/vector/replay-capture/Dockerfile
index 0715ef32a54ae..02ad7b517ddc7 100644
--- a/vector/replay-capture/Dockerfile
+++ b/vector/replay-capture/Dockerfile
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ COPY vector.yaml .
 # evaluate with yq, basically to expand anchors (which vector doesn't support)
 RUN yq -i e 'explode(.)' vector.yaml
 
-# fork of vector from this branch: https://github.com/frankh/vector/tree/main
-# includes 2 fixed: 1 to make Kafka temporary errors return 500 not 400
-# and 1 to allow us to set response body on the http source
-FROM frankh/vector:0.41.0-patched
+# nightly vector to include this fix https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/commit/dc0b4087095b4968cca0201e233919de8cff9918
+FROM timberio/vector@sha256:f30cba5e4efcf554aea09a3f970fc75a140750ded0095840a47a8b9c9571100c
 
 COPY --from=config-builder /config/vector.yaml /etc/vector/vector.yaml
diff --git a/vector/replay-capture/vector.yaml b/vector/replay-capture/vector.yaml
index 23f8052e29f53..8bcc51a10676f 100644
--- a/vector/replay-capture/vector.yaml
+++ b/vector/replay-capture/vector.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ sources:
         query_parameters:
             - _
         host_key: ip
-        response_body_key: '%response'
         decoding:
             codec: vrl
             vrl:
@@ -63,8 +62,6 @@ sources:
                     assert!(is_string(.message[0].properties."$$session_id"), "$$session_id is required")
                     assert!(is_string(%token), "token is required")
 
-                    %response = {"status": 1}
-
 transforms:
     quota_check:
         type: route