diff --git a/.github/workflows/kserve_cpu_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/kserve_cpu_tests.yml
index 698c87ece9..cd9ba84b45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kserve_cpu_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kserve_cpu_tests.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: kserve/kserve
-          ref: v0.13.0
+          ref: v0.12.1
           path: kserve
       - name: Validate torchserve-kfs and Open Inference Protocol
         run: ./kubernetes/kserve/tests/scripts/test_mnist.sh
diff --git a/kubernetes/kserve/requirements.txt b/kubernetes/kserve/requirements.txt
index a4efc51032..e67d35a25c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/kserve/requirements.txt
+++ b/kubernetes/kserve/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 kserve[storage]==0.13.0
-ray[serve]>=2.32.0
 transformers
 captum
 grpcio