diff --git a/scripts/jenkins/groovy/buildConfig.groovy b/scripts/jenkins/groovy/buildConfig.groovy
index f9c856c9a273..dc2a1b8071f2 100644
--- a/scripts/jenkins/groovy/buildConfig.groovy
+++ b/scripts/jenkins/groovy/buildConfig.groovy
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class BuildConfig {
   private static final String DEFAULT_HADOOP_IMAGE_NAME = 'dev-build-hadoop'
   private static final String DEFAULT_RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME = 'dev-release'
 
-  public static final int DEFAULT_IMAGE_VERSION_TAG = 40
+  public static final int DEFAULT_IMAGE_VERSION_TAG = 44
   public static final String AWSCLI_IMAGE = DOCKER_REGISTRY + '/opsh2oai/awscli'
   public static final String S3CMD_IMAGE = DOCKER_REGISTRY + '/opsh2oai/s3cmd'