diff --git a/.github/workflows/base.yml b/.github/workflows/base.yml
index 623083db2..f3ad69570 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
             pytorch: 2.0.0
             axolotl_extras:
           - cuda: "117"
-            cuda_version: 11.7.0
+            cuda_version: 11.7.1
             python_version: "3.9"
             pytorch: 1.13.1
             axolotl_extras:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 033199154..07f25cac6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
             pytorch: 2.0.0
             axolotl_extras: gptq
           - cuda: cu117
-            cuda_version: 11.7.0
+            cuda_version: 11.7.1
             python_version: "3.9"
             pytorch: 1.13.1
             axolotl_extras:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
             pytorch: 2.0.0
             axolotl_extras: gptq
           - cuda: cu117
-            cuda_version: 11.7.0
+            cuda_version: 11.7.1
             python_version: "3.9"
             pytorch: 1.13.1
             axolotl_extras:
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile-base b/docker/Dockerfile-base
index 2728f3a72..20bd80f70 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-base
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-base
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ FROM base-builder
 RUN python3 -m pip uninstall -y apex
 RUN git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/apex
 #  `MAX_JOBS=1` disables parallel building to avoid cpu memory OOM when building image on GitHub Action (standard) runners
-RUN cd apex && MAX_JOBS=1 python3 -m pip install --global-option="--cpp_ext" --global-option="--cuda_ext" --no-cache -v --disable-pip-version-check .
+RUN cd apex && MAX_JOBS=1 python3 -m pip install -v --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation --config-settings "--build-option=--cpp_ext" --config-settings "--build-option=--cuda_ext" ./
 
 RUN mkdir -p /workspace/builds
 COPY --from=bnb-builder /workspace/bitsandbytes /workspace/builds/bitsandbytes