diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_images.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_images.yaml
index 7964272644..ee1bcbe4cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_images.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ on:
       PYTHON_VER:
         required: true
         type: string
+      sha:
+        description: "sha: full git commit SHA to check out"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       - name: Login to DockerHub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
@@ -62,6 +67,9 @@ jobs:
           cp ./LICENSE ./ci/docker/context/LICENSE
           cp ./VERSION ./ci/docker/context/VERSION
           cp ./thirdparty/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES ./ci/docker/context/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES
+      - name: Copy Commit SHA
+        run: |
+          git rev-parse HEAD > ./ci/docker/context/COMMIT_SHA
       - name: Login to NGC
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_images.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_images.yaml
index af066e41ee..22ba97859f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_images.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # unshallow fetch for setuptools-scm
           persist-credentials: false
+          ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
 
       - name: Compute matrix
         id: compute-matrix
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ jobs:
       IMAGE_TAG_PREFIX: ${{ needs.compute-matrix.outputs.IMAGE_TAG_PREFIX }}
       LINUX_VER: ${{ matrix.linux_ver }}
       PYTHON_VER: ${{ matrix.python_ver }}
+      sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
 
   build-cuopt-multiarch-manifest:
     name: Build cuopt multiarch manifest
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Login to DockerHub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -183,3 +186,4 @@ jobs:
       CUDA_VER: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}
       PYTHON_VER: ${{ matrix.PYTHON_VER }}
       IMAGE_TAG_PREFIX: ${{ needs.compute-matrix.outputs.IMAGE_TAG_PREFIX }}
+      sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_images.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_images.yaml
index bff2bb6d11..bfeda82f61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_images.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ on:
       IMAGE_TAG_PREFIX:
         required: true
         type: string
-
+      sha:
+        description: "sha: full git commit SHA to check out"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       - name: Test cuopt
         run: |
           bash ./ci/docker/test_image.sh
diff --git a/ci/docker/Dockerfile b/ci/docker/Dockerfile
index e3ee6c73ca..f00564fcf2 100644
--- a/ci/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /opt/cuopt && \
 WORKDIR /opt/cuopt
 
 # Copy all static files in a single layer
-COPY ./LICENSE ./VERSION ./THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES /opt/cuopt/
+COPY ./LICENSE ./VERSION ./THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES ./COMMIT_SHA /opt/cuopt/
 
 # Copy CUDA libraries from the cuda-libs stage
 COPY --from=cuda-libs /usr/local/cuda/lib64/libnvrtc* /usr/local/cuda/lib64/
diff --git a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/utils.py b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/utils.py
index 9384957ca1..5eb493644c 100644
--- a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/utils.py
+++ b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/utils.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 
-from cuopt_server.utils.job_queue import SolverLPJob, lp_datamodel_compat
+from cuopt_server.utils.job_queue import SolverLPJob
 from cuopt_server.utils.linear_programming.data_definition import LPData
 from cuopt_server.utils.linear_programming.solver import (
     create_data_model as lp_create_data_model,
@@ -73,14 +73,12 @@ def build_lp_datamodel_from_json(data):
     """
 
     if isinstance(data, dict):
-        lp_datamodel_compat(data)
         data = LPData.parse_obj(data)
     elif os.path.isfile(data):
         with open(data, "r") as f:
             data = json.loads(f.read())
             # Remove this once we support variable names
             data.pop("variable_names")
-            lp_datamodel_compat(data)
             data = LPData.parse_obj(data)
     else:
         raise ValueError(