diff --git a/applications/rag/main.tf b/applications/rag/main.tf
index 230b6c3e2..629e607aa 100644
--- a/applications/rag/main.tf
+++ b/applications/rag/main.tf
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ module "infra" {
   cpu_pools          = var.cpu_pools
   enable_gpu         = true
   gpu_pools          = var.gpu_pools
-  kubernetes_version = var.kubernetes_version
-  depends_on         = [module.project-services]
+  ray_addon_enabled  = true
+  # TODO(genlu): remove channel and k8s_version after ray addon is in REGULAR channel
+  release_channel = "RAPID"
+  kubernetes_version = "1.30.3-gke.1969000"
+  depends_on      = [module.project-services]
 }
 
 data "google_container_cluster" "default" {
@@ -152,16 +155,6 @@ module "namespace" {
   namespace        = local.kubernetes_namespace
 }
 
-module "kuberay-operator" {
-  source            = "../../modules/kuberay-operator"
-  providers         = { helm = helm.rag, kubernetes = kubernetes.rag }
-  name              = "kuberay-operator"
-  project_id        = var.project_id
-  create_namespace  = true
-  namespace         = local.kubernetes_namespace
-  autopilot_cluster = local.enable_autopilot
-}
-
 module "gcs" {
   source      = "../../modules/gcs"
   count       = var.create_gcs_bucket ? 1 : 0
@@ -216,13 +209,6 @@ module "jupyterhub" {
   depends_on = [module.namespace, module.gcs]
 }
 
-module "kuberay-logging" {
-  source     = "../../modules/kuberay-logging"
-  providers  = { kubernetes = kubernetes.rag }
-  namespace  = local.kubernetes_namespace
-  depends_on = [module.namespace]
-}
-
 module "kuberay-workload-identity" {
   providers                       = { kubernetes = kubernetes.rag }
   source                          = "terraform-google-modules/kubernetes-engine/google//modules/workload-identity"
@@ -245,8 +231,7 @@ module "kuberay-monitoring" {
   create_namespace                = true
   enable_grafana_on_ray_dashboard = var.enable_grafana_on_ray_dashboard
   k8s_service_account             = local.ray_service_account
-  //TODO(genlu): remove the module.kuberay-operator after migrated using ray addon.
-  depends_on = [module.namespace, module.kuberay-operator, module.kuberay-workload-identity]
+  depends_on                      = [module.namespace, module.kuberay-workload-identity]
 }
 
 module "kuberay-cluster" {
@@ -281,8 +266,7 @@ module "kuberay-cluster" {
   k8s_backend_service_port = var.ray_dashboard_k8s_backend_service_port
   domain                   = var.ray_dashboard_domain
   members_allowlist        = var.ray_dashboard_members_allowlist != "" ? split(",", var.ray_dashboard_members_allowlist) : []
-  //TODO(genlu): remove the module.kuberay-operator after migrated using ray addon.
-  depends_on = [module.gcs, module.kuberay-operator, module.kuberay-workload-identity]
+  depends_on               = [module.gcs, module.kuberay-workload-identity]
 }
 
 module "inference-server" {
diff --git a/applications/rag/variables.tf b/applications/rag/variables.tf
index c80f39791..b8cef7bd5 100644
--- a/applications/rag/variables.tf
+++ b/applications/rag/variables.tf
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ variable "cluster_location" {
 
 variable "kubernetes_version" {
   type    = string
-  default = "1.28"
+  default = "1.30"
 }
 
 variable "kubernetes_namespace" {
diff --git a/applications/ray/main.tf b/applications/ray/main.tf
index 8f4a5ecef..585490caf 100644
--- a/applications/ray/main.tf
+++ b/applications/ray/main.tf
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ module "infra" {
   cpu_pools         = var.cpu_pools
   enable_gpu        = var.enable_gpu
   gpu_pools         = var.gpu_pools
-  depends_on        = [module.project-services]
+  ray_addon_enabled = true
+  # TODO(genlu): remove channel and k8s_version after ray addon is in REGULAR channel
+  release_channel    = "RAPID"
+  kubernetes_version = "1.30.3-gke.1969000"
+  depends_on         = [module.project-services]
 }
 
 data "google_container_cluster" "default" {
@@ -147,24 +151,6 @@ module "kuberay-workload-identity" {
   depends_on                      = [module.namespace]
 }
 
-module "kuberay-operator" {
-  source            = "../../modules/kuberay-operator"
-  providers         = { helm = helm.ray, kubernetes = kubernetes.ray }
-  name              = "kuberay-operator"
-  create_namespace  = true
-  namespace         = local.kubernetes_namespace
-  project_id        = var.project_id
-  autopilot_cluster = local.enable_autopilot
-}
-
-module "kuberay-logging" {
-  source    = "../../modules/kuberay-logging"
-  providers = { kubernetes = kubernetes.ray }
-  namespace = local.kubernetes_namespace
-
-  depends_on = [module.namespace]
-}
-
 module "kuberay-monitoring" {
   count                           = var.create_ray_cluster ? 1 : 0
   source                          = "../../modules/kuberay-monitoring"
@@ -175,8 +161,7 @@ module "kuberay-monitoring" {
   create_namespace                = true
   enable_grafana_on_ray_dashboard = var.enable_grafana_on_ray_dashboard
   k8s_service_account             = local.workload_identity_service_account
-  //TODO(genlu): remove the module.kuberay-operator after migrated using ray addon.
-  depends_on = [module.kuberay-workload-identity, module.kuberay-operator]
+  depends_on                      = [module.kuberay-workload-identity]
 }
 
 module "gcs" {
@@ -216,8 +201,7 @@ module "kuberay-cluster" {
   k8s_backend_service_port = var.ray_dashboard_k8s_backend_service_port
   domain                   = var.ray_dashboard_domain
   members_allowlist        = var.ray_dashboard_members_allowlist != "" ? split(",", var.ray_dashboard_members_allowlist) : []
-  //TODO(genlu): remove the module.kuberay-operator after migrated using ray addon.
-  depends_on = [module.gcs, module.kuberay-operator, module.kuberay-workload-identity]
+  depends_on               = [module.gcs, module.kuberay-workload-identity]
 }
 
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/main.tf b/infrastructure/main.tf
index 64000e87b..1b44cea8c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/main.tf
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ module "public-gke-standard-cluster" {
   all_node_pools_labels       = var.all_node_pools_labels
   all_node_pools_metadata     = var.all_node_pools_metadata
   all_node_pools_tags         = var.all_node_pools_tags
+  ray_addon_enabled           = var.ray_addon_enabled
   depends_on                  = [module.custom-network]
 }
 
@@ -141,8 +142,8 @@ module "public-gke-autopilot-cluster" {
   ip_range_services          = var.ip_range_services
   master_authorized_networks = var.master_authorized_networks
   deletion_protection        = var.deletion_protection
+  ray_addon_enabled          = var.ray_addon_enabled
   depends_on                 = [module.custom-network]
-
 }
 
 ## create private GKE standard
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ module "private-gke-standard-cluster" {
   deletion_protection                  = var.deletion_protection
   master_authorized_networks           = length(var.master_authorized_networks) == 0 ? [{ cidr_block = "${local.subnetwork_cidr}", display_name = "${local.subnetwork_name}" }] : var.master_authorized_networks
   master_ipv4_cidr_block               = var.master_ipv4_cidr_block
+  ray_addon_enabled                    = var.ray_addon_enabled
 
   ## pools config variables
   cpu_pools                   = var.cpu_pools
@@ -207,7 +209,9 @@ module "private-gke-autopilot-cluster" {
   master_authorized_networks = length(var.master_authorized_networks) == 0 ? [{ cidr_block = "${local.subnetwork_cidr}", display_name = "${local.subnetwork_name}" }] : var.master_authorized_networks
   master_ipv4_cidr_block     = var.master_ipv4_cidr_block
   deletion_protection        = var.deletion_protection
-  depends_on                 = [module.custom-network]
+  ray_addon_enabled          = var.ray_addon_enabled
+
+  depends_on = [module.custom-network]
 }
 
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/variables.tf b/infrastructure/variables.tf
index 98593e609..dafc23fda 100644
--- a/infrastructure/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/variables.tf
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ variable "cluster_labels" {
 
 variable "kubernetes_version" {
   type    = string
-  default = "1.28"
+  default = "1.30"
 }
 
 variable "release_channel" {
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ variable "deletion_protection" {
   type    = bool
   default = false
 }
+
+variable "ray_addon_enabled" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "Set to true to enable ray addon"
+  default     = true
+}
+
 variable "master_authorized_networks" {
   type = list(object({
     cidr_block   = string
@@ -173,6 +180,7 @@ variable "enable_tpu" {
   description = "Set to true to create TPU node pool"
   default     = false
 }
+
 variable "enable_gpu" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Set to true to create GPU node pool"
diff --git a/modules/gke-autopilot-private-cluster/main.tf b/modules/gke-autopilot-private-cluster/main.tf
index 8a0e9284b..b7ceb277a 100644
--- a/modules/gke-autopilot-private-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-autopilot-private-cluster/main.tf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 module "gke" {
   source                  = "terraform-google-modules/kubernetes-engine/google//modules/beta-autopilot-private-cluster"
-  version                 = "29.0.0"
+  version                 = "32.0.1"
   project_id              = var.project_id
   regional                = var.cluster_regional
   name                    = var.cluster_name
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ module "gke" {
   master_authorized_networks = var.master_authorized_networks
   master_ipv4_cidr_block     = var.master_ipv4_cidr_block
   deletion_protection        = var.deletion_protection
-
+  ray_operator_config = {
+    enabled            = var.ray_addon_enabled
+    logging_enabled    = var.ray_addon_enabled
+    monitoring_enabled = var.ray_addon_enabled
+  }
 }
 
 # GKE cluster fleet registration
diff --git a/modules/gke-autopilot-private-cluster/variables.tf b/modules/gke-autopilot-private-cluster/variables.tf
index 4009d186c..19dcb9e9f 100644
--- a/modules/gke-autopilot-private-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-autopilot-private-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -84,3 +84,9 @@ variable "master_ipv4_cidr_block" {
   type    = string
   default = ""
 }
+
+variable "ray_addon_enabled" {
+  description = "Enable ray addon by default"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
diff --git a/modules/gke-autopilot-public-cluster/main.tf b/modules/gke-autopilot-public-cluster/main.tf
index d86092c09..6f52c3ff7 100644
--- a/modules/gke-autopilot-public-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-autopilot-public-cluster/main.tf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 module "gke" {
   source                     = "terraform-google-modules/kubernetes-engine/google//modules/beta-autopilot-public-cluster"
-  version                    = "29.0.0"
+  version                    = "32.0.1"
   project_id                 = var.project_id
   regional                   = var.cluster_regional
   name                       = var.cluster_name
@@ -29,4 +29,10 @@ module "gke" {
   ip_range_services          = var.ip_range_services
   master_authorized_networks = var.master_authorized_networks
   deletion_protection        = var.deletion_protection
+
+  ray_operator_config = {
+    enabled            = var.ray_addon_enabled
+    logging_enabled    = var.ray_addon_enabled
+    monitoring_enabled = var.ray_addon_enabled
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/gke-autopilot-public-cluster/variables.tf b/modules/gke-autopilot-public-cluster/variables.tf
index 549086888..1e9df15c0 100644
--- a/modules/gke-autopilot-public-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-autopilot-public-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -79,3 +79,9 @@ variable "deletion_protection" {
   type    = bool
   default = false
 }
+
+variable "ray_addon_enabled" {
+  description = "Enable ray addon by default"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
diff --git a/modules/gke-standard-private-cluster/main.tf b/modules/gke-standard-private-cluster/main.tf
index e76a386cb..dbb58fe70 100644
--- a/modules/gke-standard-private-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-standard-private-cluster/main.tf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ locals {
 
 module "gke" {
   source                               = "terraform-google-modules/kubernetes-engine/google//modules/private-cluster"
-  version                              = "29.0.0"
+  version                              = "32.0.1"
   project_id                           = var.project_id
   regional                             = var.cluster_regional
   name                                 = var.cluster_name
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ module "gke" {
   master_authorized_networks = var.master_authorized_networks
   master_ipv4_cidr_block     = var.master_ipv4_cidr_block
 
+  ray_operator_config = {
+    enabled            = var.ray_addon_enabled
+    logging_enabled    = var.ray_addon_enabled
+    monitoring_enabled = var.ray_addon_enabled
+  }
+
   node_pools = local.node_pools
 
   node_pools_oauth_scopes = {
diff --git a/modules/gke-standard-private-cluster/variables.tf b/modules/gke-standard-private-cluster/variables.tf
index e4ad14916..bab97d5f9 100644
--- a/modules/gke-standard-private-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-standard-private-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -133,3 +133,9 @@ variable "datapath_provider" {
   type        = string
   default     = "ADVANCED_DATAPATH"
 }
+
+variable "ray_addon_enabled" {
+  description = "Enable ray addon by default"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
diff --git a/modules/gke-standard-public-cluster/main.tf b/modules/gke-standard-public-cluster/main.tf
index fb5d49fb8..677d65f49 100644
--- a/modules/gke-standard-public-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-standard-public-cluster/main.tf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ locals {
 
 module "gke" {
   source                               = "terraform-google-modules/kubernetes-engine/google"
-  version                              = "29.0.0"
+  version                              = "32.0.1"
   project_id                           = var.project_id
   regional                             = var.cluster_regional
   name                                 = var.cluster_name
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ module "gke" {
   monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus = var.monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus
   master_authorized_networks           = var.master_authorized_networks
 
+  ray_operator_config = {
+    enabled            = var.ray_addon_enabled
+    logging_enabled    = var.ray_addon_enabled
+    monitoring_enabled = var.ray_addon_enabled
+  }
+
   node_pools = local.node_pools
 
   node_pools_oauth_scopes = {
diff --git a/modules/gke-standard-public-cluster/variables.tf b/modules/gke-standard-public-cluster/variables.tf
index 1fd865a19..9e2f242b7 100644
--- a/modules/gke-standard-public-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-standard-public-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -128,3 +128,9 @@ variable "datapath_provider" {
   type        = string
   default     = "ADVANCED_DATAPATH"
 }
+
+variable "ray_addon_enabled" {
+  description = "Enable ray addon by default"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
diff --git a/modules/kuberay-cluster/values.yaml b/modules/kuberay-cluster/values.yaml
index a1028fd0a..d6e5487c0 100644
--- a/modules/kuberay-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/modules/kuberay-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ head:
   securityContext:
     ${indent(4, chomp(yamlencode(security_context)))}
   volumes:
-    - name: ray-logs
-      emptyDir: {}
-    - name: fluentbit-config
-      configMap:
-        name: fluentbit-config
     - name: gcs-fuse-csi-ephemeral
       csi:
         driver: gcsfuse.csi.storage.gke.io
@@ -132,33 +127,11 @@ head:
         optional: true
   # Ray writes logs to /tmp/ray/session_latests/logs
   volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /tmp/ray
-      name: ray-logs
     - name: gcs-fuse-csi-ephemeral
       mountPath: /data
     - name: secret-volume
       mountPath: /etc/secret-volume
       readOnly: true
-  # sidecarContainers specifies additional containers to attach to the Ray pod.
-  # Follows standard K8s container spec.
-  sidecarContainers:
-    - name: fluentbit
-      image: fluent/fluent-bit:1.9.6
-      # These resource requests for Fluent Bit should be sufficient in production.
-      resources:
-        requests:
-          cpu: 100m
-          memory: 128Mi
-          ephemeral-storage: 2Gi
-        limits:
-          cpu: 100m
-          memory: 128Mi
-          ephemeral-storage: 2Gi
-      volumeMounts:
-      - mountPath: /tmp/ray
-        name: ray-logs
-      - mountPath: /fluent-bit/etc/
-        name: fluentbit-config
 
 worker:
   # If you want to disable the default workergroup
@@ -211,11 +184,6 @@ worker:
   securityContext:
     ${indent(4, chomp(yamlencode(security_context)))}
   volumes:
-    - name: ray-logs
-      emptyDir: {}
-    - name: fluentbit-config
-      configMap:
-        name: fluentbit-config
     - name: gcs-fuse-csi-ephemeral
       csi:
         driver: gcsfuse.csi.storage.gke.io
@@ -229,33 +197,11 @@ worker:
         optional: true
   # Ray writes logs to /tmp/ray/session_latests/logs
   volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /tmp/ray
-      name: ray-logs
     - name: gcs-fuse-csi-ephemeral
       mountPath: /data
     - name: secret-volume
       mountPath: /etc/secret-volume
       readOnly: true
-  # sidecarContainers specifies additional containers to attach to the Ray pod.
-  # Follows standard K8s container spec.
-  sidecarContainers:
-    - name: fluentbit
-      image: fluent/fluent-bit:1.9.6
-      # These resource requests for Fluent Bit should be sufficient in production.
-      resources:
-        requests:
-          cpu: 100m
-          memory: 128Mi
-          ephemeral-storage: 2Gi
-        limits:
-          cpu: 100m
-          memory: 128Mi
-          ephemeral-storage: 4Gi
-      volumeMounts:
-        - mountPath: /tmp/ray
-          name: ray-logs
-        - mountPath: /fluent-bit/etc/
-          name: fluentbit-config
 
 # The map's key is used as the groupName.
 # For example, key:small-group in the map below
diff --git a/modules/kuberay-monitoring/main.tf b/modules/kuberay-monitoring/main.tf
index 91d31f268..59a68e359 100644
--- a/modules/kuberay-monitoring/main.tf
+++ b/modules/kuberay-monitoring/main.tf
@@ -12,13 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Temporary workaround to ensure the GMP webhook is installed before applying PodMonitorings. 
-# After migrated to use ray add-on, this can be removed.
-resource "time_sleep" "wait_for_gmp_operator" {
-  create_duration = "60s"
-}
-
-# google managed prometheus engine
+# create frontend service for google managed prometheus engine
 resource "helm_release" "gmp-ray-monitoring" {
   name             = "gmp-ray-monitoring"
   chart            = "${path.module}/../../charts/gmp-engine/"
@@ -26,9 +20,6 @@ resource "helm_release" "gmp-ray-monitoring" {
   create_namespace = var.create_namespace
   # Timeout is increased to guarantee sufficient scale-up time for Autopilot nodes.
   timeout = 1200
-  values = [
-    "${file("${path.module}/gmpvalues.yaml")}"
-  ]
   set {
     name  = "gmp-frontend.projectID"
     value = var.project_id
@@ -37,7 +28,6 @@ resource "helm_release" "gmp-ray-monitoring" {
     name  = "gmp-frontend.serviceAccount"
     value = var.k8s_service_account
   }
-  depends_on = [time_sleep.wait_for_gmp_operator]
 }
 
 # grafana