diff --git a/dev-alpine.Dockerfile b/dev-alpine.Dockerfile
index 30de3dac4..f38da346b 100644
--- a/dev-alpine.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev-alpine.Dockerfile
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ RUN git clone --branch=PHP-8.4 https://github.com/php/php-src.git . && \
 	php --version
 
 # Install e-dant/watcher (necessary for file watching)
-ARG EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION=release
 WORKDIR /usr/local/src/watcher
-RUN git clone --branch=$EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION https://github.com/e-dant/watcher . && \
+RUN git clone https://github.com/e-dant/watcher . && \
     cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
 	cmake --build build/ && \
 	cmake --install build
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index 6d31e9f01..9493e92d2 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ RUN git clone --branch=PHP-8.4 https://github.com/php/php-src.git . && \
 	php --version
 
 # Install e-dant/watcher (necessary for file watching)
-ARG EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION=release
 WORKDIR /usr/local/src/watcher
-RUN git clone --branch=$EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION https://github.com/e-dant/watcher . && \
+RUN git clone https://github.com/e-dant/watcher . && \
 	cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
 	cmake --build build/ && \
 	cmake --install build
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index a7b10eff4..d608d21c2 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ variable "GO_VERSION" {
     default = "1.23"
 }
 
-variable EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION {
-	default = "next"
-}
-
 variable "SHA" {}
 
 variable "LATEST" {
@@ -119,7 +115,6 @@ target "default" {
     }
     args = {
         FRANKENPHP_VERSION = VERSION
-        EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION = EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION
     }
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +140,6 @@ target "static-builder" {
     }
     args = {
         FRANKENPHP_VERSION = VERSION
-        EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION = EDANT_WATCHER_VERSION
     }
     secret = ["id=github-token,env=GITHUB_TOKEN"]
 }