diff --git a/.k8s_ci.Dockerfile b/.k8s_ci.Dockerfile
index cd4ad9fc7078..287a94b94372 100644
--- a/.k8s_ci.Dockerfile
+++ b/.k8s_ci.Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ARG STAGE1_BASE=python:3.12-slim
 ARG FINAL_STAGE_BASE=$STAGE1_BASE
 ARG GALAXY_USER=galaxy
 ARG GALAXY_PLAYBOOK_REPO=https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy-docker-k8s
-ARG GALAXY_PLAYBOOK_BRANCH=v4.0.0
+ARG GALAXY_PLAYBOOK_BRANCH=v4.1.0
 
 ARG GIT_COMMIT=unspecified
 ARG BUILD_DATE=unspecified
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ RUN set -xe; \
     && echo "set nocompatible\nset backspace=indent,eol,start" >> /usr/share/vim/vimrc.tiny \
     && echo "$LANG UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen \
     && locale-gen $LANG && update-locale LANG=$LANG \
+    && curl -L https://github.com/galaxyproject/gxadmin/releases/latest/download/gxadmin > /usr/bin/gxadmin \
+    && chmod +x /usr/bin/gxadmin \
     && apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/*