diff --git a/sshd/Dockerfile b/sshd/Dockerfile
index 1af098cf..913bb642 100644
--- a/sshd/Dockerfile
+++ b/sshd/Dockerfile
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 	docker-cli \
 	mysql-client
 
-# requests 2.32.0 (released 5/23/24) breaks docker module
-# once resolved, please unpin requests
 RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages requests==2.31.0 docker
 
-RUN delgroup ping && \
-    addgroup -g 999 docker && \
+RUN addgroup -g 995 docker && \
     adduser -S hacker -G docker -s /bin/sh && \
     mkdir -p /home/hacker/.docker && \
     echo '{ "detachKeys": "ctrl-q,ctrl-q" }' > /home/hacker/.docker/config.json