diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d6acd39b4..aa7bfd172 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ BUNDLE_VERSION ?= $(VERSION:v%=%)
 INSTASCALE_VERSION ?= v0.0.8
 
 # MCAD_VERSION defines the default version of the MCAD controller
-MCAD_VERSION ?= v1.34.1
+MCAD_VERSION ?= b445015360abf09bf11bb1c7024068005a1a8a87
 # MCAD_REF, MCAD_REPO and MCAD_CRD define the reference to MCAD CRD resources
-MCAD_REF ?= release-${MCAD_VERSION}
+MCAD_REF ?= dev
 MCAD_REPO ?= github.com/project-codeflare/multi-cluster-app-dispatcher
 # Upstream MCAD is currently only creating release tags of the form `vX.Y.Z` (i.e the version)
 # The image is still published using the MCAD_REF format (i.e release-vX.Y.Z)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 07fe60ac9..1dff3a0a2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-goimports v0.0.0-20230304234052-c70783e636f2
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20230213134911-7ba313770556
 	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20221019143426-16aed247da5c
-	github.com/project-codeflare/multi-cluster-app-dispatcher v1.34.1
-	github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v0.0.0-20230908233208-a8f730e5a2b6
+	github.com/project-codeflare/multi-cluster-app-dispatcher v1.34.2-0.20230918125534-b445015360ab
+	github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v0.0.0-20230916205808-6d5020fba579
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c59002f73..b06807c6c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1/go.mod h1:em0nMJCgc9GFtwrmVmEMR/ZL6WyhyjMBndrE9hABlRI=
 github.com/pquerna/cachecontrol v0.0.0-20171018203845-0dec1b30a021/go.mod h1:prYjPmNq4d1NPVmpShWobRqXY3q7Vp+80DqgxxUrUIA=
-github.com/project-codeflare/multi-cluster-app-dispatcher v1.34.1 h1:ZNQ/JPdjS6CtaAzt6SNqaoWcpwS1PyVdgZlmIYikPLI=
-github.com/project-codeflare/multi-cluster-app-dispatcher v1.34.1/go.mod h1:Yge6GRNpO9YIDfeL+XOcCE9xbmfCTD5C1h5dlW87mxQ=
+github.com/project-codeflare/multi-cluster-app-dispatcher v1.34.2-0.20230918125534-b445015360ab h1:7OM2Kp1+2HtE7p6r5YrfHOCCgAxzEebFP9VLsPTzwQ8=
+github.com/project-codeflare/multi-cluster-app-dispatcher v1.34.2-0.20230918125534-b445015360ab/go.mod h1:Yge6GRNpO9YIDfeL+XOcCE9xbmfCTD5C1h5dlW87mxQ=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.3/go.mod h1:/TN21ttK/J9q6uSwhBd54HahCDft0ttaMvbicHlPoso=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3/go.mod h1:cz+aTbrPOrUb4q7XlbU9ygM+/jj0fzG6c1
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 h1:ODq8ZFEaYeCaZOJlZZdJA2AbQR98dSHSM1KW/You5mo=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0/go.mod h1:z7EfXMXOkbkqb9IINtpCn86r/to3BnA0uaxHdg830/4=
 github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.7.1/go.mod h1:qhTCs0VvXwvX/y3TZrWD7rabWM+ijKTux40TwIPHuXU=
-github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v0.0.0-20230908233208-a8f730e5a2b6 h1:NP7S29MtvEH4zD0oawHqGE/DXu5uYbGvXQq6mh5+3Kk=
-github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v0.0.0-20230908233208-a8f730e5a2b6/go.mod h1:NDvscwYbeLSh+Cfc2UTeyPWODtNKPCsPjD/2kg3ZXPw=
+github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v0.0.0-20230916205808-6d5020fba579 h1:cNHsu7dO/vK/EFxEutzQXk4+aJCFnI9qef8Krbhw2Fs=
+github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v0.0.0-20230916205808-6d5020fba579/go.mod h1:NDvscwYbeLSh+Cfc2UTeyPWODtNKPCsPjD/2kg3ZXPw=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=