diff --git a/docs/deployment/deploying_custom_image_function.rst b/docs/deployment/deploying_custom_image_function.rst
index 29ba0a51f..abf15986b 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/deploying_custom_image_function.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment/deploying_custom_image_function.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ In our simple case it will look something like this:
 .. code-block::
    :caption: Dockerfile for custom image function.
 
-    FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.17.1
+    FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.18.0
 
     # install all necessary dependencies for your custom image
 
diff --git a/docs/deployment/example_custom_image_function.rst b/docs/deployment/example_custom_image_function.rst
index 81b03ba88..ef8f9030f 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/example_custom_image_function.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment/example_custom_image_function.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Dockerfile
 .. code-block::
    :caption: Dockerfile
 
-   FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.17.1
+   FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.18.0
 
    # install all necessary dependencies for your custom image