diff --git a/Dockerfile_k8s b/Dockerfile_k8s
index 8c51c754..93694f6d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_k8s
+++ b/Dockerfile_k8s
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM registry.suse.com/bci/python:3.11
 
-RUN zypper -n in gcc tar gzip kubernetes1.24-client aws-cli azure-cli && zypper clean && rm -rf /var/cache
+RUN zypper -n in gcc tar gzip kubernetes1.24-client aws-cli && zypper clean && rm -rf /var/cache
 
 # Google cli installation
 RUN curl -sf https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-415.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz | tar -zxf - -C /opt \
diff --git a/requirements_k8s.txt b/requirements_k8s.txt
index 34435c8a..c690a6e9 100644
--- a/requirements_k8s.txt
+++ b/requirements_k8s.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 oauth2client
 kubernetes
+azure-cli==2.55.0
 google-api-python-client==2.96.0
 azure-mgmt-containerservice==22.0.0
 azure-identity==1.14.0