diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-containers.yaml b/.github/workflows/sycl-containers.yaml
index 411b8bd78fbaf..9c480fdb91e3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-containers.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-containers.yaml
@@ -81,14 +81,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
-      - name: Get dependencies configuration
-        id: deps
-        run: |
-          DEPS=`cat devops/dependencies.json`
-          DEPS="${DEPS//$'\r'/''}"
-          DEPS="${DEPS//$'\n'/' '}"
-          echo $DEPS
-          echo "deps=$DEPS" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Build and Push Container
         uses: ./devops/actions/build_container
         with:
@@ -100,13 +92,7 @@ jobs:
             ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers:latest-${{ github.sha }}
             ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers:latest
           build-args: |
-            compute_runtime_tag=${{fromJson(steps.deps.outputs.deps).linux.compute_runtime.github_tag}}
-            igc_tag=${{fromJson(steps.deps.outputs.deps).linux.igc.github_tag}}
-            cm_tag=${{fromJson(steps.deps.outputs.deps).linux.cm.github_tag}}
-            level_zero_tag=${{fromJson(steps.deps.outputs.deps).linux.level_zero.github_tag}}
-            tbb_tag=${{fromJson(steps.deps.outputs.deps).linux.tbb.github_tag}}
-            fpgaemu_tag=${{fromJson(steps.deps.outputs.deps).linux.fpgaemu.github_tag}}
-            cpu_tag=${{fromJson(steps.deps.outputs.deps).linux.oclcpu.github_tag}}
+            use_latest=false
   # This job produces a Docker container with the latest versions of Intel
   # drivers, that can be found on GitHub.
   drivers_image_ubuntu2204_unstable:
@@ -139,5 +125,5 @@ jobs:
           tags: |
             ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers:unstable-${{ github.sha }}
             ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers:unstable
-          # build-args:empty, so we automatically take the "latest" tags as
-          # unstable
+          build-args: |
+            use_latest=true
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
index 8337f2d4d9861..0214ce7c3091c 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
@@ -5,22 +5,30 @@ FROM $base_image:$base_tag
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-ARG compute_runtime_tag=latest
-ARG igc_tag=latest
-ARG cm_tag=latest
-ARG level_zero_tag=latest
-ARG tbb_tag=latest
-ARG fpgaemu_tag=latest
-ARG cpu_tag=latest
+ARG use_latest=true
 
 RUN apt update && apt install -yqq wget
 
 COPY scripts/get_release.py /
 COPY scripts/install_drivers.sh /
+COPY dependencies.json /
 
 RUN mkdir /runtimes
 ENV INSTALL_LOCATION=/runtimes
-RUN --mount=type=secret,id=github_token GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat /run/secrets/github_token) /install_drivers.sh --all
+RUN --mount=type=secret,id=github_token \
+    if [ "use_latest" = "true" ]; then \
+      install_driver_opt=""; \
+      export compute_runtime_tag=latest; \
+      export igc_tag=latest; \
+      export cm_tag=latest; \
+      export level_zero_tag=latest; \
+      export tbb_tag=latest; \
+      export fpgaemu_tag=latest; \
+      export cpu_tag=latest; \
+    else \
+      install_driver_opt=" dependencies.json"; \
+    fi && \
+    GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat /run/secrets/github_token) /install_drivers.sh $install_driver_opt --all
 
 COPY scripts/drivers_entrypoint.sh /drivers_entrypoint.sh