diff --git a/core-builder/.gitignore b/core-builder/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9bf21dcc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-builder/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dev_requirements.txt
diff --git a/core-builder/Dockerfile b/core-builder/Dockerfile
index d444c10a51..d21cf3bd8b 100644
--- a/core-builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/core-builder/Dockerfile
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ RUN rm -rf /usr/local/bin/pip && \
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install --upgrade setuptools
-RUN pip install pyyaml 
+RUN pip install pyyaml
 RUN pip install grpcio
 RUN pip install grpcio-tools
 RUN apt-get remove -y --auto-remove && apt-get clean -y && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
@@ -120,14 +120,12 @@ RUN go get github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl && \
     go install github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/cmd/grpcurl
 
 ENV PATH="${PATH}:/root/go/bin"
-   
+
 # Notebooks python requirements
-RUN pip install alibi && \
-    pip install matplotlib && \
-    pip install keras
+COPY dev_requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
 
 WORKDIR /work
 
 # Define default command.
 CMD ["bash"]
-
diff --git a/core-builder/Makefile b/core-builder/Makefile
index c11c873116..40ee711b98 100644
--- a/core-builder/Makefile
+++ b/core-builder/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=seldonio/core-builder
-DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION=0.13
+DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION=0.14
 
 build_docker_image:
+	cp ../testing/scripts/dev_requirements.txt .
 	docker build --force-rm=true -t $(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):$(DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION) .
 push_to_registry:
 	docker push $(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):$(DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION)
-
diff --git a/testing/scripts/Makefile b/testing/scripts/Makefile
index a47a34767b..f0205fc4c4 100644
--- a/testing/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/testing/scripts/Makefile
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ build_protos:
 
 install:
 	pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
+	pip install -e ../../python
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: build_protos install
diff --git a/testing/scripts/dev_requirements.txt b/testing/scripts/dev_requirements.txt
index 03bf898a93..2d13b4ec7e 100644
--- a/testing/scripts/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/testing/scripts/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ pytest-cov==2.8.1
 flaky==3.6.1
 tenacity==6.0.0
 
+# notebooks test deps
+ipython==7.13.0
+nbconvert==5.6.1
+alibi==0.3.2
+matplotlib==3.1.3
+tensorflow==1.15.2
+
 # 2nd lvl dep on cov required to avoid sqllite dep
 coverage==4.5.4
-
-# local seldon-core
--e ../../python