diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 067a344..45098e9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ WORKDIR $VLLM_BASE_DIR
 # Initial Triton repo clone (cached forever)
 RUN git clone https://github.com/triton-lang/triton.git
 
-# We expect TRITON_SHA to be passed from the command line to break the cache
-# Set to v3.5.1 commit by default
-ARG TRITON_SHA=0add68262ab0a2e33b84524346cb27cbb2787356
+# We expect TRITON_REF to be passed from the command line to break the cache
+# Set to v3.5.1 tag by default
+ARG TRITON_REF=v3.5.1
 
 WORKDIR $VLLM_BASE_DIR/triton
 
-# This only runs if TRITON_SHA differs from the last build
+# This only runs if TRITON_REF differs from the last build
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=ccache,target=/root/.ccache \
     --mount=type=cache,id=pip-cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
     git fetch origin && \
-    git checkout ${TRITON_SHA} && \
+    git checkout ${TRITON_REF} && \
     git submodule sync && \
     git submodule update --init --recursive && \
     pip install -r python/requirements.txt && \
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ FROM base AS builder
 # without re-installing the dependencies above.
 ARG CACHEBUST_VLLM=1
 
+# Git reference (branch, tag, or SHA) to checkout
+ARG VLLM_REF=main
+
 # 4. Smart Git Clone (Fetch changes instead of full re-clone)
 # We mount a cache at /repo-cache. This directory persists on your host machine.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=repo-cache,target=/repo-cache \
@@ -115,7 +118,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=repo-cache,target=/repo-cache \
         echo "Cache hit: Fetching updates..." && \
         cd vllm && \
         git fetch --all && \
-        git reset --hard origin/main && \
+        git checkout ${VLLM_REF} && \
+        if [ "${VLLM_REF}" = "main" ]; then \
+            git reset --hard origin/main; \
+        fi && \
         git submodule update --init --recursive; \
     fi && \
     # 3. Copy the updated code from the cache to the actual container workspace
diff --git a/build-and-copy.sh b/build-and-copy.sh
index 819dde7..19a2c11 100755
--- a/build-and-copy.sh
+++ b/build-and-copy.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ REBUILD_VLLM=false
 COPY_HOST=""
 SSH_USER="$USER"
 NO_BUILD=false
-TRITON_SHA=""
+TRITON_REF="v3.5.1"
+VLLM_REF="main"
 
 # Help function
 usage() {
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ usage() {
     echo "  -t, --tag <tag>           : Image tag (default: 'vllm-node')"
     echo "  --rebuild-deps            : Set cache bust for dependencies"
     echo "  --rebuild-vllm            : Set cache bust for vllm"
-    echo "  --triton-sha <sha>        : Triton commit SHA (default: auto-detect latest main)"
+    echo "  --triton-ref <ref>        : Triton commit SHA, branch or tag (default: 'v3.5.1')"
+    echo "  --vllm-ref <ref>          : vLLM commit SHA, branch or tag (default: 'main')"
     echo "  -h, --copy-to-host <host> : Host address to copy the image to (if not set, don't copy)"
     echo "  -u, --user <user>         : Username for ssh command (default: \$USER)"
     echo "  --no-build                : Skip building, only copy image (requires --copy-to-host)"
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
         -t|--tag) IMAGE_TAG="$2"; shift ;;
         --rebuild-deps) REBUILD_DEPS=true ;;
         --rebuild-vllm) REBUILD_VLLM=true ;;
-        --triton-sha) TRITON_SHA="$2"; shift ;;
+        --triton-ref) TRITON_REF="$2"; shift ;;
+        --vllm-ref) VLLM_REF="$2"; shift ;;
         -h|--copy-to-host) COPY_HOST="$2"; shift ;;
         -u|--user) SSH_USER="$2"; shift ;;
         --no-build) NO_BUILD=true ;;
@@ -52,13 +55,6 @@ fi
 # Build image (unless --no-build is set)
 BUILD_TIME=0
 if [ "$NO_BUILD" = false ]; then
-    # Auto-detect TRITON_SHA if not provided
-    if [ -z "$TRITON_SHA" ]; then
-        echo "Auto-detecting Triton commit for v3.5.1..."
-        TRITON_SHA=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/triton-lang/triton.git refs/tags/v3.5.1 | cut -f1)
-        echo "Detected TRITON_SHA: $TRITON_SHA"
-    fi
-
     # Construct build command
     CMD=("docker" "build" "-t" "$IMAGE_TAG")
 
@@ -72,8 +68,11 @@ if [ "$NO_BUILD" = false ]; then
         CMD+=("--build-arg" "CACHEBUST_VLLM=$(date +%s)")
     fi
 
-    # Add TRITON_SHA to build arguments
-    CMD+=("--build-arg" "TRITON_SHA=$TRITON_SHA")
+    # Add TRITON_REF to build arguments
+    CMD+=("--build-arg" "TRITON_REF=$TRITON_REF")
+
+    # Add VLLM_REF to build arguments
+    CMD+=("--build-arg" "VLLM_REF=$VLLM_REF")
 
     # Add build context
     CMD+=(".")