diff --git a/gfts-track-reconstruction/jupyterhub/images/user/requirements.txt b/gfts-track-reconstruction/jupyterhub/images/user/requirements.txt
index afd941d..81426e0 100644
--- a/gfts-track-reconstruction/jupyterhub/images/user/requirements.txt
+++ b/gfts-track-reconstruction/jupyterhub/images/user/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gh-scoped-creds
 isort
 jupyter-keepalive
 jupyterhub==4.1.6
-kbatch @ git+https://github.com/kbatch-dev/kbatch#subdirectory=kbatch
+kbatch @ git+https://github.com/kbatch-dev/kbatch@1c18c485d5482fa8878dfedf922201b5e8556528#subdirectory=kbatch
 kbatch-papermill @ git+https://github.com/minrk/kbatch-papermill
 # git+https://github.com/iaocea/pangeo-fish#egg=pangeo-fish
 #git+https://github.com/iaocea/xarray-regridding#egg=xarray-regridding