diff --git a/dockerfiles/neuroconv_latest_yaml_variable b/dockerfiles/neuroconv_latest_yaml_variable
index 5500f14f0..04d2f0847 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/neuroconv_latest_yaml_variable
+++ b/dockerfiles/neuroconv_latest_yaml_variable
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/catalystneuro/neuroconv:latest
+# TODO: make this neuroconv:latest once optional installations are working again
+FROM ghcr.io/catalystneuro/neuroconv:dev
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="A docker image for the most recent official release of the NeuroConv package. Modified to take in environment variables for the YAML conversion specification and other command line arguments."
 CMD printf "$NEUROCONV_YAML" > ./run.yml && neuroconv run.yml --data-folder-path "$NEUROCONV_DATA_PATH" --output-folder-path "$NEUROCONV_OUTPUT_PATH" --overwrite