diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f3620b26..f5ac952d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ executors:
         type: boolean
         default: false
     docker:
-    - image: plumeorg/plume-buildenv:v0.6.0
+    - image: plumeorg/plume-buildenv:v0.7.0
     - image: <<#parameters.postgres>>cimg/postgres:14.2<</parameters.postgres>><<^parameters.postgres>>alpine:latest<</parameters.postgres>>
       environment:
         POSTGRES_USER: postgres
diff --git a/.circleci/images/plume-buildenv/Dockerfile b/.circleci/images/plume-buildenv/Dockerfile
index 1e52bc5f..216b30e1 100644
--- a/.circleci/images/plume-buildenv/Dockerfile
+++ b/.circleci/images/plume-buildenv/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN apt update &&\
     wget -qO - https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/GPG-KEY-crowdin | apt-key add - &&\
     echo "deb https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/deb/ /" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/crowdin.list &&\
     apt update &&\
-    apt install -y --no-install-recommends binutils-dev build-essential cmake curl gcc gettext git libcurl4-openssl-dev libdw-dev libelf-dev libiberty-dev libpq-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev make openssl pkg-config postgresql postgresql-contrib python zlib1g-dev python3-venv python3-dev zip unzip libclang-dev clang caddy crowdin3 &&\
+    apt install -y --no-install-recommends binutils-dev build-essential cmake curl gcc gettext git libcurl4-openssl-dev libdw-dev libelf-dev libiberty-dev libpq-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev make openssl pkg-config postgresql postgresql-contrib python zlib1g-dev python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools zip unzip libclang-dev clang caddy crowdin3 &&\
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 #stick rust environment
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RUN cargo install wasm-pack &&\
 COPY cargo_config /root/.cargo/config
 
 #install selenium for front end tests
-RUN python3 -m venv .venv && bash -c "source .venv/bin/activate && pip3 install selenium"
+RUN pip3 install selenium
 
 #configure caddy
 COPY Caddyfile /Caddyfile
diff --git a/script/run_browser_test.sh b/script/run_browser_test.sh
index faa4b25e..96294500 100755
--- a/script/run_browser_test.sh
+++ b/script/run_browser_test.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ caddy run -config /Caddyfile &
 
 until curl http://localhost:7878/test/health -f; do sleep 1; done 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
 
-source .venv/bin/activate
 cd $(dirname $0)/browser_test/
 python3 -m unittest *.py