diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index b6675068974..26ce322d691 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ COPY requirements/ /tmp/pip-tmp/requirements/
 RUN \
     pip3 install awscli && \
     aws s3 sync --no-sign-request s3://sphinx-packages/ dist/  && \
+    # trying to resolve pesq installation issue
+    pip3 install -q "numpy<1.24" && \
     pip3 --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir install \
       -r /tmp/pip-tmp/requirements/devel.txt \
       -r /tmp/pip-tmp/requirements/docs.txt \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
index 6716d422f47..a6ff994f985 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           # These are the base images for PL release docker images,
-          # so include at least all of the combinations in release-dockers.yml.
+          #  so include at least all of the combinations in release-dockers.yml.
           - { python: "3.8", pytorch: "1.8.1", cuda: "11.1.1", ubuntu: "20.04" }
           - { python: "3.9", pytorch: "1.10", cuda: "11.8.0", ubuntu: "22.04" }
           - { python: "3.9", pytorch: "1.11", cuda: "11.8.0", ubuntu: "22.04" }
           - { python: "3.9", pytorch: "1.13", cuda: "11.8.0", ubuntu: "22.04" }
           - { python: "3.10", pytorch: "2.0", cuda: "11.8.0", ubuntu: "22.04" }
+          - { python: "3.11", pytorch: "2.0", cuda: "12.1.0", ubuntu: "22.04" }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
 
-      - name: Build (and Push) Devcontainer
+      - name: Build (and Push) runner
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           build-args: |
diff --git a/dockers/ubuntu-cuda/Dockerfile b/dockers/ubuntu-cuda/Dockerfile
index b382279a869..ea8ab92ac45 100644
--- a/dockers/ubuntu-cuda/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockers/ubuntu-cuda/Dockerfile
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ RUN \
     done && \
     # trying to resolve pesq installation issue
     pip install -q "numpy<1.24" && \
-    # needed for the gpu multiprocessing
-    pip install "mkl-service==2.4.0" && \
     CUDA_VERSION_MM=${CUDA_VERSION%.*} && \
     CU_VERSION_MM=${CUDA_VERSION_MM//'.'/''} && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements/devel.txt \