diff --git a/src/control_methods/negative_normal/config.vsh.yaml b/src/control_methods/negative_normal/config.vsh.yaml
index e504cf77..73c2559f 100644
--- a/src/control_methods/negative_normal/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/control_methods/negative_normal/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
 
 runners:
   - type: executable
diff --git a/src/control_methods/negative_shuffle/config.vsh.yaml b/src/control_methods/negative_shuffle/config.vsh.yaml
index bbebcd4f..8b50ccfb 100644
--- a/src/control_methods/negative_shuffle/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/control_methods/negative_shuffle/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
 
 runners:
   - type: executable
diff --git a/src/control_methods/positive/config.vsh.yaml b/src/control_methods/positive/config.vsh.yaml
index 42a42272..b93ccc7c 100644
--- a/src/control_methods/positive/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/control_methods/positive/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         cran: SRTsim
diff --git a/src/methods/scdesign2/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/scdesign2/config.vsh.yaml
index ac7a562a..99b02ff2 100644
--- a/src/methods/scdesign2/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/scdesign2/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: apt
         packages: [r-bioc-singlecellexperiment, git]
diff --git a/src/methods/scdesign3_nb/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/scdesign3_nb/config.vsh.yaml
index 61954fda..965d7feb 100644
--- a/src/methods/scdesign3_nb/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/scdesign3_nb/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         github:
diff --git a/src/methods/scdesign3_poisson/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/scdesign3_poisson/config.vsh.yaml
index 3ba62578..3b3ec99c 100644
--- a/src/methods/scdesign3_poisson/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/scdesign3_poisson/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: apt
         packages: [r-bioc-singlecellexperiment, git]
diff --git a/src/methods/sparsim/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/sparsim/config.vsh.yaml
index 8e6d0fc6..0c4d4e05 100644
--- a/src/methods/sparsim/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/sparsim/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: apt
         packages: [git, r-bioc-singlecellexperiment]
diff --git a/src/methods/splatter/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/splatter/config.vsh.yaml
index aaf6c6a3..16abce03 100644
--- a/src/methods/splatter/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/splatter/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: apt
         packages: r-bioc-splatter
diff --git a/src/methods/srtsim/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/srtsim/config.vsh.yaml
index da146a17..9864e83a 100644
--- a/src/methods/srtsim/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/srtsim/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         cran: SRTsim
diff --git a/src/methods/symsim/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/symsim/config.vsh.yaml
index bb389120..defab5f2 100644
--- a/src/methods/symsim/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/symsim/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         bioc: SingleCellExperiment
diff --git a/src/methods/zinbwave/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/zinbwave/config.vsh.yaml
index 1b882d01..58152866 100644
--- a/src/methods/zinbwave/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/zinbwave/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: apt
         packages: [r-bioc-splatter, r-bioc-zinbwave, r-bioc-singlecellexperiment]
diff --git a/src/metrics/downstream/config.vsh.yaml b/src/metrics/downstream/config.vsh.yaml
index a6725231..996d3faf 100644
--- a/src/metrics/downstream/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/metrics/downstream/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         bioc: 
diff --git a/src/metrics/ks_statistic_gene_cell/config.vsh.yaml b/src/metrics/ks_statistic_gene_cell/config.vsh.yaml
index 2c0a78fa..6a3e475a 100644
--- a/src/metrics/ks_statistic_gene_cell/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/metrics/ks_statistic_gene_cell/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         bioc: [edger, sparseMatrixStats]
diff --git a/src/metrics/ks_statistic_sc_features/config.vsh.yaml b/src/metrics/ks_statistic_sc_features/config.vsh.yaml
index 1b788093..89980fe3 100644
--- a/src/metrics/ks_statistic_sc_features/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/metrics/ks_statistic_sc_features/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         bioc:
diff --git a/src/metrics/ks_statistic_spatial/config.vsh.yaml b/src/metrics/ks_statistic_spatial/config.vsh.yaml
index d685036a..af740dab 100644
--- a/src/metrics/ks_statistic_spatial/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/metrics/ks_statistic_spatial/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_python:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_python:1
     setup:
       - type: python
         packages:
diff --git a/src/process_datasets/convert/config.vsh.yaml b/src/process_datasets/convert/config.vsh.yaml
index df4b11a8..79795693 100644
--- a/src/process_datasets/convert/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/process_datasets/convert/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         bioc: [SingleCellExperiment]
diff --git a/src/process_datasets/generate_sim_spatialcluster/config.vsh.yaml b/src/process_datasets/generate_sim_spatialcluster/config.vsh.yaml
index d24a47d0..f13ffbaa 100644
--- a/src/process_datasets/generate_sim_spatialcluster/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/process_datasets/generate_sim_spatialcluster/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test_resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         bioc: 
diff --git a/src/process_datasets/precompute_downstream/config.vsh.yaml b/src/process_datasets/precompute_downstream/config.vsh.yaml
index 6ef0dc4c..d457b67c 100644
--- a/src/process_datasets/precompute_downstream/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/process_datasets/precompute_downstream/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test_resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         github: [xzhoulab/SPARK, stevexniu/spots]
diff --git a/src/process_datasets/sc_features/config.vsh.yaml b/src/process_datasets/sc_features/config.vsh.yaml
index 1524f7cd..036d63b7 100644
--- a/src/process_datasets/sc_features/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/process_datasets/sc_features/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test_resources:
 
 engines:
   - type: docker
-    image: openproblems/base_r:1.0.0
+    image: openproblems/base_r:1
     setup:
       - type: r
         github: