diff --git a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/.bashrc b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/.bashrc
index 89a8f885..47ab091b 100644
--- a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/.bashrc
+++ b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/.bashrc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export CONDA_ALWAYS_YES="true";
-export CC="${CC:-"$(which gcc)"}";
-export CXX="${CXX:-"$(which g++)"}";
+export CC="${CC:-"/usr/bin/gcc"}";
+export CXX="${CXX:-"/usr/bin/g++"}";
 export CUDAARCHS="${CUDAARCHS:-all-major}";
 export CUDAHOSTCXX="${CUDAHOSTCXX:-"${CXX}"}";
 export CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:-Release}";
diff --git a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
index 3e8268d7..6e8a3e28 100644
--- a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "NVIDIA RAPIDS devcontainer build utilities",
   "id": "rapids-build-utils",
-  "version": "23.10.2",
+  "version": "23.10.3",
   "description": "A feature to install the RAPIDS devcontainer build utilities",
   "containerEnv": {
     "BASH_ENV": "/etc/bash.bash_env"
diff --git a/features/src/utils/.bashrc b/features/src/utils/.bashrc
index c28318f0..cb7eebe6 100644
--- a/features/src/utils/.bashrc
+++ b/features/src/utils/.bashrc
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ fi
 
 # Default python startup file to `devcontainer-utils-python-repl-startup` script.
 if test -z "${PYTHONSTARTUP:-}"; then
-    export PYTHONSTARTUP="$(which devcontainer-utils-python-repl-startup)";
+    export PYTHONSTARTUP="/usr/bin/devcontainer-utils-python-repl-startup";
 fi
diff --git a/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json b/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
index f65bc99c..3512dc32 100644
--- a/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "devcontainer-utils",
   "id": "utils",
-  "version": "23.10.3",
+  "version": "23.10.4",
   "description": "A feature to install RAPIDS devcontainer utility scripts",
   "containerEnv": {
     "BASH_ENV": "/etc/bash.bash_env"