diff --git a/pkg/util/testingjobs/rayjob/wrappers.go b/pkg/util/testingjobs/rayjob/wrappers.go
index da85e7fe00b..1790078c3ce 100644
--- a/pkg/util/testingjobs/rayjob/wrappers.go
+++ b/pkg/util/testingjobs/rayjob/wrappers.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func MakeJob(name, ns string) *JobWrapper {
 		Spec: rayv1.RayJobSpec{
 			ShutdownAfterJobFinishes: true,
 			RayClusterSpec: &rayv1.RayClusterSpec{
+				RayVersion: "2.9.0",
 				HeadGroupSpec: rayv1.HeadGroupSpec{
 					RayStartParams: map[string]string{},
 					Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
diff --git a/test/e2e/multikueue/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/multikueue/e2e_test.go
index a5b4919a99c..20bc1874c10 100644
--- a/test/e2e/multikueue/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/multikueue/e2e_test.go
@@ -514,7 +514,6 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("MultiKueue", func() {
 				Request(rayv1.HeadNode, corev1.ResourceCPU, "1").
 				Request(rayv1.WorkerNode, corev1.ResourceCPU, "0.5").
 				Entrypoint("python -c \"import ray; ray.init(); print(ray.cluster_resources())\"").
-				RayVersion("2.9.0").
 				Image(rayv1.HeadNode, E2eKuberayTestImage, []string{}).
 				Image(rayv1.WorkerNode, E2eKuberayTestImage, []string{}).
 				Obj()