diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yaml
index 7c8365652..c6cccde5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ jobs:
           kind load image-archive cfo.tar --name cluster --verbosity 1000
           make deploy -e IMG="${IMG}" -e ENV="e2e"
           kubectl wait --timeout=120s --for=condition=Available=true deployment -n openshift-operators codeflare-operator-manager
+        env:
+          # cgroup-manager configuration is required for NVidia image used in e2e PR check
+          IMAGE_BUILD_FLAGS: '--cgroup-manager cgroupfs'
 
       - name: Run e2e tests
         run: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 72e842059..24d923734 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@
 # Build the manager binary
 
-# BEGIN -- workaround lack of go-toolset for golang 1.22
-
-ARG GOLANG_IMAGE=docker.io/library/golang:1.22
-
-ARG GOARCH=amd64
-
-FROM ${GOLANG_IMAGE} AS golang
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:8.8 AS builder
-
-# Install system dependencies
-RUN dnf upgrade -y && dnf install -y \
-    gcc \
-    make \
-    openssl-devel \
-    && dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
-
-# Install Go
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
-COPY --from=golang /usr/local/go /usr/local/go
-
-# END -- workaround lack of go-toolset for golang 1.22
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/go-toolset:1.22@sha256:780ab5f3874a6e2b1e04bb3719e614e835af3f8ab150922d6e84c2f9fd2bdb27 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ae089c59..ba5925a3d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ endif
 
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= ${IMAGE_TAG_BASE}:${VERSION}
+
+# IMAGE_BUILD_FLAGS are the flags passed to the podman operator image build command
+IMAGE_BUILD_FLAGS :=
+
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.24.2
 
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ run: manifests fmt vet ## Run a controller from your host.
 
 .PHONY: image-build
 image-build: test-unit ## Build container image with the manager.
-	podman build -t ${IMG} .
+	podman $(IMAGE_BUILD_FLAGS) build -t ${IMG} .
 
 .PHONY: image-push
 image-push: image-build ## Push container image with the manager.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d76b453d..2cb3d8fc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ CodeFlare Stack Compatibility Matrix
 
 | Component                    | Version                                                                                           |
 |------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| CodeFlare Operator           | [v1.11.0](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator/releases/tag/v1.11.0)             |
-| CodeFlare-SDK                | [v0.23.1](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-sdk/releases/tag/v0.23.1)                |
+| CodeFlare Operator           | [v1.12.0](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator/releases/tag/v1.12.0)             |
+| CodeFlare-SDK                | [v0.24.0](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-sdk/releases/tag/v0.24.0)                |
 | AppWrapper                   | [v0.27.0](https://github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper/releases/tag/v0.27.0)                   |
 | KubeRay                      | [v1.1.0](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/kuberay/releases/tag/v1.1.0)                           |
 | Kueue                        | [v0.8.3](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue/releases/tag/v0.8.3)                             |
diff --git a/config/manager/params.env b/config/manager/params.env
index 7b6fd8c90..a8879b8da 100644
--- a/config/manager/params.env
+++ b/config/manager/params.env
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-codeflare-operator-controller-image=quay.io/opendatahub/codeflare-operator:v1.11.0
+codeflare-operator-controller-image=quay.io/opendatahub/codeflare-operator:v1.12.0
 namespace=opendatahub
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8e6e0a74d..fd131ca3e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator
 
-go 1.22.2
+go 1.22.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20221019143426-16aed247da5c
 	github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.0
 	github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-common v0.0.0-20240930133152-11fd6e3be6b3
-	github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v1.1.1
+	github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v1.2.1
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8
 	k8s.io/api v0.30.2
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp => go.open
 
 replace github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 => github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.5.4
 
-// This replace directive supports the backlevel go version required by the ODH build
-replace github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.0 => github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.1-0.20241105160939-f71c6326acce
+// This replace directive deal with the backlevel ODH kueue version
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kueue v0.8.3 => github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue v0.8.3
 
-// These replace directives deal with the backlevel ODH kueue version
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kueue v0.8.3 => github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue v0.7.0-odh-2
+// This replace directive deal with the unaligned Ray operator version transitively pulled by Kueue 0.8.3
+replace github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v1.2.1 => github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v1.1.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8f6d198be..0b5d76171 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v0.0.0-20170623195520-56545f4a5d46/go.mod h1:3wb06e3pkSAbeQ52E9H9iFoQsEEwGN64994WTCIhntQ=
-github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 h1:ZUDjpQae29j0ryrS0u/B8HZfJBtBQHjqw2rQ2cqUQ3I=
-github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1/go.mod h1:n/CVRwUEOgIxrgPvAQhUUr9oeUtvrhMomdKFjzJNB0c=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
-github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr/v4 v4.0.0-20230321174746-8dcc6526cfb1 h1:X8MJ0fnN5FPdcGF5Ij2/OW+HgiJrRg3AfHAx1PJtIzM=
-github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr/v4 v4.0.0-20230321174746-8dcc6526cfb1/go.mod h1:pSwJ0fSY5KhvocuWSx4fz3BA8OrA1bQn+K1Eli3BRwM=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
-github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 h1:DklsrG3dyBCFEj5IhUbnKptjxatkF07cF2ak3yi77so=
-github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2/go.mod h1:WaHUgvxTVq04UNunO+XhnAqY/wQc+bxr74GqbsZ/Jqw=
 github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 h1:Mv+mAeH1Q+n9Fr+oyamOlAkUNPWPlA8PPGR0QAaYuPk=
 github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0/go.mod h1:wlT5vV2O3h55X9m7iVYN0TBM0NH/MmbLnd30/FjWUq4=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
@@ -25,10 +19,6 @@ github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWR
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
-github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr4=
-github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1/go.mod h1:irMmmIw/7yzSRPWryHsK7EYSg09caPQL03VsM8rvUec=
-github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
-github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
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 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -50,8 +40,6 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible h1:fBXyNpNMuTTDdquAq/uisOr2lSh
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0/FOJfg=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
-github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
-github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
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 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
@@ -64,8 +52,6 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbV
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 h1:6pFjapn8bFcIbiKo3XT4j/BhANplGihG6tvd+8rYgrY=
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-github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
-github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
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 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.3/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=
@@ -108,8 +94,6 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaS
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
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-github.com/google/cel-go v0.17.7 h1:6ebJFzu1xO2n7TLtN+UBqShGBhlD85bhvglh5DpcfqQ=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.17.7/go.mod h1:HXZKzB0LXqer5lHHgfWAnlYwJaQBDKMjxjulNQzhwhY=
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@@ -136,17 +120,10 @@ github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0 h1:BQqNyPTi50JCFMTw/b67hByjMVXZRwGha6wxVGkeihY=
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-github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0 h1:Ovs26xHkKqVztRpIrF/92BcuyuQ/YW4NSIpoGtfXNho=
-github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:8NvIoxWQoOIhqOTXgfV/d3M/q6VIi02HzZEHgUlZvzk=
-github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0 h1:gmcG1KaJ57LophUzW0Hy8NmPhnMZb4M0+kPpLofRdBo=
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-github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.16.0/go.mod h1:YN5jB8ie0yfIUg6VvR9Kz84aCaG7AsGZnLjhHbUqwPg=
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-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
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@@ -231,8 +208,8 @@ github.com/open-policy-agent/frameworks/constraint v0.0.0-20230822235116-f0b62fe
 github.com/open-policy-agent/frameworks/constraint v0.0.0-20230822235116-f0b62fe1e4c4/go.mod h1:54/KzLMvA5ndBVpm7B1OjLeV0cUtTLTz2bZ2OtydLpU=
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-github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue v0.7.0-odh-2 h1:sRPncaqDJ0a6WJiArVuYVDLPWTXm6hosqiBXzb9xMt4=
-github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue v0.7.0-odh-2/go.mod h1:uTAgWTJVrIkm1FPbp6BnhZhr29zlUcgzb5z1m5rFw9k=
+github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue v0.8.3 h1:MLkHCmIrQR1KM1IcPiGuoEAT3Y+ZTs7493sMkmSUMow=
+github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue v0.8.3/go.mod h1:jzRyUhAXHIpEPjt4pMx79t/Cg1g29GlNZY6wiLJE2YI=
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@@ -247,8 +224,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
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-github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.1-0.20241105160939-f71c6326acce h1:fFxewNcpKzvxYfJdwmHjJswoupX+5u1o9U3P8Gfh49o=
-github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.1-0.20241105160939-f71c6326acce/go.mod h1:CDh8V/IGrfT9UW1CWGZNZQmb/5PNK8VGzZsiUL8ywlo=
+github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.0 h1:WiWw0Hi4rEXuFIEpm8nq1UqJHgVB6YtGcWzRrhRUTyE=
+github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.0/go.mod h1:7FpO90DLv0BAq4rwZtXKS9aRRfkR9RvXsj3pgYF0HtQ=
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 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4 h1:Tgh3Yr67PaOv/uTqloMsCEdeuFTatm5zIq5+qNN23vI=
@@ -262,20 +239,16 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 h1:YagwOFzUgYfKKHX6Dr+sHT7km/hxC76UB0leargg
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diff --git a/test/e2e/mnist_pytorch_appwrapper_test.go b/test/e2e/mnist_pytorch_appwrapper_test.go
index 1919c616b..34fb742f0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/mnist_pytorch_appwrapper_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/mnist_pytorch_appwrapper_test.go
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ func runMnistPyTorchAppWrapper(t *testing.T, accelerator string, numberOfGpus in
 		},
 	}
 
+	raw := Raw(test, job)
+	raw = RemoveCreationTimestamp(test, raw)
+
 	// Create an AppWrapper resource
 	aw := &mcadv1beta2.AppWrapper{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ func runMnistPyTorchAppWrapper(t *testing.T, accelerator string, numberOfGpus in
 		Spec: mcadv1beta2.AppWrapperSpec{
 			Components: []mcadv1beta2.AppWrapperComponent{
 				{
-					Template: Raw(test, job),
+					Template: raw,
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/test/e2e/mnist_rayjob_raycluster_test.go b/test/e2e/mnist_rayjob_raycluster_test.go
index c66fb28f3..b2e724834 100644
--- a/test/e2e/mnist_rayjob_raycluster_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/mnist_rayjob_raycluster_test.go
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ func runMnistRayJobRayClusterAppWrapper(t *testing.T, accelerator string, number
 
 	// Create RayCluster, wrap in AppWrapper and assign to localqueue
 	rayCluster := constructRayCluster(test, namespace, mnist, numberOfGpus)
+	raw := Raw(test, rayCluster)
+	raw = RemoveCreationTimestamp(test, raw)
+
 	aw := &mcadv1beta2.AppWrapper{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			APIVersion: mcadv1beta2.GroupVersion.String(),
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ func runMnistRayJobRayClusterAppWrapper(t *testing.T, accelerator string, number
 		Spec: mcadv1beta2.AppWrapperSpec{
 			Components: []mcadv1beta2.AppWrapperComponent{
 				{
-					Template: Raw(test, rayCluster),
+					Template: raw,
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/test/e2e/support.go b/test/e2e/support.go
index 8fc862957..dec8915db 100644
--- a/test/e2e/support.go
+++ b/test/e2e/support.go
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"embed"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-common/support"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
 //go:embed *.py *.txt *.sh
@@ -32,3 +35,11 @@ func ReadFile(t support.Test, fileName string) []byte {
 	t.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 	return file
 }
+
+func RemoveCreationTimestamp(t support.Test, rawExtension runtime.RawExtension) runtime.RawExtension {
+	t.T().Helper()
+	patchedRaw := strings.ReplaceAll(string(rawExtension.Raw), `"metadata":{"creationTimestamp":null},`, "")
+	return runtime.RawExtension{
+		Raw: []byte(patchedRaw),
+	}
+}
