diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.ci.dev b/docker/Dockerfile.ci.dev
index 7de9a2c48b6..aebd7dacf17 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.ci.dev
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.ci.dev
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ RUN bash -ex <<"EOF"
         ln -s libnvshmem_host.so.3 libnvshmem_host.so
     popd
 
-    git clone --branch tongliu/inter_node https://github.com/Autumn1998/DeepEP.git
+    git clone --branch hybrid-ep https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepEP.git
     pushd DeepEP
-        git checkout 0fa8568c5923fcfc87f49ef0c3761dc013375a67
+        git checkout 1dddd194c26911c35b4f53a148617dd73de0ffc9
         patch -p1 < /workspace/deepep.patch
     popd
     TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="9.0 10.0 12.0" uv pip install --no-build-isolation -v DeepEP/.
diff --git a/megatron/core/transformer/transformer_config.py b/megatron/core/transformer/transformer_config.py
index feee48d7757..cf11238724b 100644
--- a/megatron/core/transformer/transformer_config.py
+++ b/megatron/core/transformer/transformer_config.py
@@ -859,6 +859,8 @@ def __post_init__(self):
         if self.moe_enable_deepep:
             if self.moe_token_dispatcher_type != "flex":
                 raise ValueError("DeepEP backend is only supported with flex token dispatcher.")
+            if self.moe_flex_dispatcher_backend == "hybridep":
+                raise ValueError("Only one backend is supported for flex token dispatcher.")
             self.moe_flex_dispatcher_backend = "deepep"
             warnings.warn(
                 "moe_enable_deepep is deprecated."
@@ -873,8 +875,6 @@ def __post_init__(self):
                     "Flex token dispatcher with deepep backend does not support "
                     "moe_pad_expert_input_to_capacity"
                 )
-            if self.moe_enable_deepep or self.moe_flex_dispatcher_backend == "hybrid_ep":
-                raise ValueError("Only one type of backend is supported for flex token dispatcher.")
 
         if self.moe_shared_expert_intermediate_size is not None:
             if self.moe_shared_expert_intermediate_size <= 0: