diff --git a/Dockerfile.ros.galactic b/Dockerfile.ros.galactic
index e7c38030d..54c2eaed3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ros.galactic
+++ b/Dockerfile.ros.galactic
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 		gnupg2 \
 		lsb-release \
 		ca-certificates \
+		python3-pip \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && apt-get clean
 
@@ -39,6 +40,35 @@ RUN curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -o
 RUN echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg] http://packages.ros.org/ros2/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros2.list > /dev/null
 
 
+# 
+# upgrade cmake - https://stackoverflow.com/a/56690743
+# this is needed to build some of the ROS2 packages
+#
+#RUN apt-get update && \
+#    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+#		  software-properties-common \
+#		  apt-transport-https \
+#		  ca-certificates \
+#		  gnupg \
+#		  lsb-release \
+#    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+#    && apt-get clean
+		  	  
+#RUN wget -qO - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc | apt-key add - && \
+#    apt-add-repository "deb https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" && \
+#    apt-get update && \
+#    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --only-upgrade \
+#            cmake \
+#    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+#    && apt-get clean
+
+# workaround for https://github.com/dusty-nv/jetson-containers/issues/181
+RUN apt purge -y cmake && \
+    pip3 install cmake==3.23.3 --upgrade --verbose 
+    
+RUN cmake --version
+
+
 # 
 # install development packages
 #
@@ -103,30 +133,6 @@ RUN apt-get purge -y '*opencv*' || echo "previous OpenCV installation not found"
     cp -r /usr/lib/python${PYTHON3_VERSION}/dist-packages/cv2 /usr/local/lib/python${PYTHON3_VERSION}/dist-packages/cv2
     
     
-# 
-# upgrade cmake - https://stackoverflow.com/a/56690743
-# this is needed to build some of the ROS2 packages
-#
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		  software-properties-common \
-		  apt-transport-https \
-		  ca-certificates \
-		  gnupg \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-    && apt-get clean
-		  	  
-RUN wget -qO - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc | apt-key add - && \
-    apt-add-repository "deb https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" && \
-    apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --only-upgrade \
-            cmake \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-    && apt-get clean
-    
-RUN cmake --version
-
-
 # 
 # download/build ROS from source
 #