diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index e4658d6b02763..8df466276423d 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ tasks:
       echo "test --disk_cache=/workspace/.cache/bazel-disk" >> /workspace/selenium/.bazelrc.local
       echo "build --jobs=10" >> /workspace/selenium/.bazelrc.local
       echo "test --jobs=10" >> /workspace/selenium/.bazelrc.local
-      bazel build grid
 
 ports:
   - name: VNC
diff --git a/scripts/gitpod/.gitpod.Dockerfile b/scripts/gitpod/.gitpod.Dockerfile
index d3ed3686d66df..68fb088615c44 100644
--- a/scripts/gitpod/.gitpod.Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/gitpod/.gitpod.Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Used to create a development image for working on Selenium
 
 # You can find the new timestamped tags here: https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-full/tags
-FROM gitpod/workspace-full:2022-06-20-19-54-55
+FROM gitpod/workspace-full:2024-02-19-11-51-41
 
 USER root
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN wget -nv -O /tmp/noVNC.zip "/~https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/archive/refs/tags
 
 # Bazel
 
-RUN curl -L /~https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.12.0/bazelisk-linux-amd64 -o /usr/bin/bazelisk && \
+RUN curl -L /~https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.19.0/bazelisk-linux-amd64 -o /usr/bin/bazelisk && \
     chmod 755 /usr/bin/bazelisk && \
     ln -sf /usr/bin/bazelisk /usr/bin/bazel