diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/utils.py
index 910bd7f4632..882b8d65d71 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
 import uuid
-from typing import Any, Awaitable, Coroutine, cast
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Coroutine
+from typing import Any, cast
 
 import aiodocker
 from aiodocker.containers import DockerContainer
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ def _wrap_async_call(fct: Awaitable[Any]) -> Any:
 
 def _nvidia_smi_docker_config(cmd: list[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return {
-        "Cmd": ["nvidia-smi"] + cmd,
-        "Image": "nvidia/cuda:10.0-base",
+        "Cmd": ["nvidia-smi", *cmd],
+        "Image": "nvidia/cuda:12.2.0-base-ubuntu22.04",
         "AttachStdin": False,
         "AttachStdout": False,
         "AttachStderr": False,