diff --git a/.github/workflows/gar-build-push-model-server-container-on-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/gar-build-push-model-server-container-on-tag.yml
index 52ef0e424d5..c6dd416df53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gar-build-push-model-server-container-on-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gar-build-push-model-server-container-on-tag.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "*"
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - "main"
 
 env:
   GarProjectID: mv-auxiliary
diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/airtable/connector.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/airtable/connector.py
index 2cae2ca3a18..184edbf1491 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/airtable/connector.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/airtable/connector.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 
 from danswer.configs.app_configs import INDEX_BATCH_SIZE
 from danswer.configs.constants import DocumentSource
-from danswer.connectors.interfaces import GenerateDocumentsOutput
-from danswer.connectors.interfaces import LoadConnector
-from danswer.connectors.interfaces import PollConnector
-from danswer.connectors.interfaces import SecondsSinceUnixEpoch
-from danswer.connectors.models import Document
-from danswer.connectors.models import Section
+from danswer.connectors.interfaces import (
+    GenerateDocumentsOutput,
+    LoadConnector,
+    PollConnector,
+    SecondsSinceUnixEpoch,
+)
+from danswer.connectors.models import Document, Section
 from pyairtable import Api as AirtableApi
 
 
@@ -34,6 +35,23 @@ def load_credentials(self, credentials: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | None
 
         return None
 
+    def json_to_text(self, obj: Any, indent: int = 0) -> str:
+        """
+        Recursively converts JSON object to plain text.
+        """
+        text = ""
+        if isinstance(obj, dict):
+            for key, value in obj.items():
+                text += "  " * indent + str(key) + ":\n"
+                text += self.json_to_text(value, indent + 1)
+        elif isinstance(obj, list):
+            for item in obj:
+                text += self.json_to_text(item, indent)
+        else:
+            text += "  " * indent + str(obj) + "\n"
+
+        return text
+
     def poll_source(
         self, start: SecondsSinceUnixEpoch | None, end: SecondsSinceUnixEpoch | None
     ) -> GenerateDocumentsOutput:
@@ -41,7 +59,10 @@ def poll_source(
             raise AirtableClientNotSetUpError()
 
         table = self.airtable_client.table(self.base_id, self.table_name_or_id)
-        all_records = table.all()
+
+        table_name = table.schema().name
+        base_name = self.airtable_client.base(self.base_id, validate=True).name
+        all_records = table.all(cell_format="string", time_zone="UTC", user_locale="en")
 
         record_documents = []
         for record in all_records:
@@ -50,7 +71,7 @@ def poll_source(
                 sections=[
                     Section(
                         link=f"https://airtable.com/{self.base_id}/{self.table_name_or_id}/",
-                        text=json.dumps(record.get("fields")),
+                        text=self.json_to_text(record.get("fields")),
                     )
                 ],
                 source=DocumentSource.AIRTABLE,
@@ -58,6 +79,8 @@ def poll_source(
                 metadata={
                     "type": "airtable",
                     "created_time": record.get("createdTime"),
+                    "table_name": table_name,
+                    "base_name": base_name,
                 },
             )
             record_documents.append(record_document)
diff --git a/backend/requirements/default.txt b/backend/requirements/default.txt
index 853a483478f..dbad39347a0 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/default.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/default.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ msal==1.28.0
 nltk==3.8.1
 Office365-REST-Python-Client==2.5.9
 oauthlib==3.2.2
-openai==1.41.1 
 openpyxl==3.1.2
 playwright==1.41.2
 psutil==5.9.5
@@ -76,4 +75,5 @@ boto3-stubs[s3]==1.34.133
 ultimate_sitemap_parser==0.5
 pyairtable==3.0.0a3
 anthropic[vertex]==0.36.1
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.70.0
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+google-cloud-aiplatform==1.70.0
+openai==1.53.0
diff --git a/backend/requirements/model_server.txt b/backend/requirements/model_server.txt
index 18c2cefed28..410abc7edaf 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/model_server.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/model_server.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ einops==0.8.0
 fastapi==0.109.2
 google-cloud-aiplatform==1.58.0
 numpy==1.26.4
-openai==1.41.1
+openai==1.53.0
 pydantic==2.8.2
 retry==0.9.2
 safetensors==0.4.2
 sentence-transformers==2.6.1
-torch==2.2.0
 transformers==4.39.2
 uvicorn==0.21.1
 voyageai==0.2.3
+torch==2.5.1
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