diff --git a/CI/slurm/Dockerfile b/CI/slurm/Dockerfile
index 1a57e7ccf..42ed93232 100644
--- a/CI/slurm/Dockerfile
+++ b/CI/slurm/Dockerfile
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 FROM daskdev/dask-jobqueue:slurm
-RUN pip install xorbits
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+# activate conda env
+RUN echo "source /opt/anaconda/bin/activate dask-jobqueue" >> ~/.bashrc
+ENV PATH /opt/anaconda/envs/dask-jobqueue/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/CI/slurm/docker-compose.yml b/CI/slurm/docker-compose.yml
index 088f0e9e9..7c050f990 100644
--- a/CI/slurm/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/CI/slurm/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ services:
       common-network:
 
   slurmdbd:
-    image: daskdev/dask-jobqueue:slurm
-    build: .
+    image: slurmbase
     command: ["slurmdbd"]
     container_name: slurmdbd
     hostname: slurmdbd
@@ -33,8 +32,7 @@ services:
       common-network:
 
   slurmctld:
-    image: daskdev/dask-jobqueue:slurm
-    build: .
+    image: slurmbase
     command: ["slurmctld"]
     container_name: slurmctld
     hostname: slurmctld
@@ -58,8 +56,7 @@ services:
       - NET_ADMIN
 
   c1:
-    image: daskdev/dask-jobqueue:slurm
-    build: .
+    image: slurmbase
     command: ["slurmd"]
     hostname: c1
     container_name: c1
@@ -81,8 +78,7 @@ services:
       - NET_ADMIN
 
   c2:
-    image: daskdev/dask-jobqueue:slurm
-    build: .
+    image: slurmbase
     command: ["slurmd"]
     hostname: c2
     container_name: c2
diff --git a/CI/slurm/register_cluster.sh b/CI/slurm/register_cluster.sh
index ef3d4d0fb..e497eaa5d 100755
--- a/CI/slurm/register_cluster.sh
+++ b/CI/slurm/register_cluster.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 set -e
 
 docker exec slurmctld bash -c "/usr/bin/sacctmgr --immediate add cluster name=linux" && \
-docker-compose restart slurmdbd slurmctld
+docker compose restart slurmdbd slurmctld
diff --git a/CI/slurm/slurm.sh b/CI/slurm/slurm.sh
index 7386f6fa8..766519b70 100644
--- a/CI/slurm/slurm.sh
+++ b/CI/slurm/slurm.sh
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
 
 function jobqueue_before_install {
     docker version
-    docker-compose version
+    docker compose version
 
     # start slurm cluster
     cd ./CI/slurm
-    docker-compose pull
+    docker build -t slurmbase .
     ./start-slurm.sh
     cd -
 
-    #Set shared space permissions
+    # set shared space permissions
     docker exec slurmctld /bin/bash -c "chmod -R 777 /shared_space"
 
     docker ps -a
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function show_network_interfaces {
     for c in slurmctld c1 c2; do
         echo '------------------------------------------------------------'
         echo docker container: $c
+        docker exec $c pip install psutil
         docker exec $c python -c 'import psutil; print(psutil.net_if_addrs().keys())'
         echo '------------------------------------------------------------'
     done
diff --git a/CI/slurm/start-slurm.sh b/CI/slurm/start-slurm.sh
index f1936b58a..fcfc35b21 100755
--- a/CI/slurm/start-slurm.sh
+++ b/CI/slurm/start-slurm.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-docker-compose up -d --no-build
+docker compose up -d --no-build
 
 while [ `./register_cluster.sh 2>&1 | grep "sacctmgr: error" | wc -l` -ne 0 ]
   do