diff --git a/charts/qiskit-serverless/Chart.lock b/charts/qiskit-serverless/Chart.lock
index affc4ddc3..6cfac6c55 100644
--- a/charts/qiskit-serverless/Chart.lock
+++ b/charts/qiskit-serverless/Chart.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: gateway
   repository: ""
-  version: 0.14.0
+  version: 0.14.1
 - name: nginx-ingress-controller
   repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
   version: 9.11.0
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ dependencies:
 - name: kuberay-operator
   repository: https://ray-project.github.io/kuberay-helm
   version: 1.1.1
-digest: sha256:21bc630a23c9ba56029944e630208ceeb81191e064e004fe4fee91e4b496cfef
-generated: "2024-07-17T21:37:54.223878815Z"
+digest: sha256:43d30e0ff94d7453702f4de3d1efc3eea782d3ec45d7594c560e3e6d3675aa76
+generated: "2024-07-29T11:10:24.552213-04:00"
diff --git a/charts/qiskit-serverless/Chart.yaml b/charts/qiskit-serverless/Chart.yaml
index 54b3dc4aa..7c29faf39 100644
--- a/charts/qiskit-serverless/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/qiskit-serverless/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ description: Qiskit-Serverless helm chart that contains different dependencies.
 
 type: application
 
-version: 0.14.0
-appVersion: "0.14.0"
+version: 0.14.1
+appVersion: "0.14.1"
 
 dependencies:
   - name: gateway
     condition: gatewayEnable
-    version: 0.14.0
+    version: 0.14.1
   - name: nginx-ingress-controller
     condition: nginxIngressControllerEnable
     version: 9.11.0
diff --git a/charts/qiskit-serverless/charts/gateway/Chart.yaml b/charts/qiskit-serverless/charts/gateway/Chart.yaml
index 848e56e1a..010195f65 100644
--- a/charts/qiskit-serverless/charts/gateway/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/qiskit-serverless/charts/gateway/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.14.0
+version: 0.14.1
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "0.14.0"
+appVersion: "0.14.1"
diff --git a/charts/qiskit-serverless/charts/gateway/values.yaml b/charts/qiskit-serverless/charts/gateway/values.yaml
index e8531ab0c..30f3ce20d 100644
--- a/charts/qiskit-serverless/charts/gateway/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/qiskit-serverless/charts/gateway/values.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ application:
   superuser:
     enable: true
   ray:
-    nodeImage: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.0-py39"
-    nodeImage_py39: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.0-py39"
-    nodeImage_py310: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.0-py310"
+    nodeImage: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.1-py39"
+    nodeImage_py39: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.1-py39"
+    nodeImage_py310: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.1-py310"
     cpu: 2
     memory: 2
     replicas: 1
diff --git a/charts/qiskit-serverless/values.yaml b/charts/qiskit-serverless/values.yaml
index f6bf20f04..66b0b1a6a 100644
--- a/charts/qiskit-serverless/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/qiskit-serverless/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Qiskit Serverless Info
 # ===================
 global:
-  version: 0.14.0
+  version: 0.14.1
 
 # ===================
 # Qiskit Serverless configs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ gateway:
   image:
     repository: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/gateway"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-    tag: "0.14.0"
+    tag: "0.14.1"
   application:
     siteHost: "http://gateway:8000"
     rayHost: "http://kuberay-head-svc:8265"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ gateway:
       type: ClusterIP
       port: 8000
     ray:
-      nodeImage: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.0-py310"
+      nodeImage: "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.1-py310"
       opensslImage: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openssl:8.8-9
       kubectlImage: alpine/k8s:1.29.2@sha256:a51aa37f0a34ff827c7f2f9cb7f6fbb8f0e290fa625341be14c2fcc4b1880f60
     limits:
diff --git a/client/qiskit_serverless/VERSION.txt b/client/qiskit_serverless/VERSION.txt
index 0548fb4e9..c39e9c5fb 100644
--- a/client/qiskit_serverless/VERSION.txt
+++ b/client/qiskit_serverless/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.14.0
\ No newline at end of file
+0.14.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 054f628d5..d22cf5dbd 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 services:
   ray-head:
     container_name: ray-head
-    image: icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:${VERSION:-0.14.0}-py310
+    image: icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:${VERSION:-0.14.1}-py310
     entrypoint: [
       "ray", "start", "--head", "--port=6379",
       "--dashboard-host=0.0.0.0", "--block"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ services:
       always
   gateway:
     container_name: gateway
-    image: icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/gateway:${VERSION:-0.14.0}
+    image: icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/gateway:${VERSION:-0.14.1}
     command: gunicorn main.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers=4
     ports:
       - 8000:8000
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ services:
       - postgres
   scheduler:
     container_name: scheduler
-    image: icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/gateway:${VERSION:-0.14.0}
+    image: icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/gateway:${VERSION:-0.14.1}
     entrypoint: "./scripts/scheduler.sh"
     environment:
       - DEBUG=0
diff --git a/docs/deployment/cloud.rst b/docs/deployment/cloud.rst
index 84b797a34..deeb69949 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/cloud.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment/cloud.rst
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Once your cluster is ready, the installation is relatively straightforward with
 and run the next commands:
 
 .. code-block::
-   :caption: run this commands with the release version like 0.14.0 in x.y.z (2 places)
+   :caption: run this commands with the release version like 0.14.1 in x.y.z (2 places)
 
         $ helm -n <INSERT_YOUR_NAMESPACE> install qiskit-serverless --create-namespace https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-serverless/releases/download/vx.y.z/qiskit-serverless-x.y.z.tgz
 
@@ -119,6 +119,6 @@ with the configuration of your domain and provider.
 Optionally, you can install an observability package to handle logging and monitoring on your cluster by running the following command:
 
 .. code-block::
-   :caption: run this commands with the release version like 0.14.0 in x.y.z (2 places) using the same namespace as in the previous helm command
+   :caption: run this commands with the release version like 0.14.1 in x.y.z (2 places) using the same namespace as in the previous helm command
 
         $ helm -n <INSERT_YOUR_NAMESPACE> install qs-observability  https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-serverless/releases/download/vx.y.z/qs-observability-x.y.z.tgz
diff --git a/docs/deployment/custom_function/Sample-Dockerfile b/docs/deployment/custom_function/Sample-Dockerfile
index e8423d7cd..bd36a70a4 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/custom_function/Sample-Dockerfile
+++ b/docs/deployment/custom_function/Sample-Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.0-py310
+FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.1-py310
 
 # install all necessary dependencies for your custom image
 
diff --git a/docs/deployment/deploying_custom_image_function.rst b/docs/deployment/deploying_custom_image_function.rst
index 7a7c3f662..d51890416 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/deploying_custom_image_function.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment/deploying_custom_image_function.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ In our simple case it will look something like this:
 .. code-block::
    :caption: Dockerfile for custom image function.
 
-    FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.0-py310
+    FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.1-py310
 
     # install all necessary dependencies for your custom image
 
diff --git a/docs/deployment/example_custom_image_function.rst b/docs/deployment/example_custom_image_function.rst
index 4bfe2c75f..c19891979 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/example_custom_image_function.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment/example_custom_image_function.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Dockerfile
 .. code-block::
    :caption: Dockerfile
 
-   FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.0-py310
+   FROM icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.1-py310
 
    # install all necessary dependencies for your custom image
 
diff --git a/gateway/Dockerfile b/gateway/Dockerfile
index 286da43c8..cffb86850 100644
--- a/gateway/Dockerfile
+++ b/gateway/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9-minimal:9.4-1134
-RUN microdnf install -y python3.11-3.11.7-1.el9_4.1 python3.11-pip-22.3.1-5.el9 python3.11-devel-3.11.7-1.el9_4.1 vim-enhanced-2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1 &&\
+RUN microdnf install -y python3.11-3.11.7 python3.11-pip-22.3.1 python3.11-devel-3.11.7 vim-enhanced-8.2.2637 &&\
     microdnf clean all
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/local/bin/python3 && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/local/bin/python &&\
diff --git a/gateway/api/ray.py b/gateway/api/ray.py
index 257802cb1..99a0b2973 100644
--- a/gateway/api/ray.py
+++ b/gateway/api/ray.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def submit_job(job: Job) -> Job:
     return job
 
 
-def create_ray_cluster(
+def create_ray_cluster(  # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
     job: Job,
     cluster_name: Optional[str] = None,
     cluster_data: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ def create_ray_cluster(
         resource.title = cluster_name
         resource.host = host
         resource.save()
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError("Something went wrong during cluster creation")
     return resource
 
 
diff --git a/gateway/main/settings.py b/gateway/main/settings.py
index 78550df01..af089a301 100644
--- a/gateway/main/settings.py
+++ b/gateway/main/settings.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
     ),
 }
 RAY_NODE_IMAGE = os.environ.get(
-    "RAY_NODE_IMAGE", "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.0-py310"
+    "RAY_NODE_IMAGE", "icr.io/quantum-public/qiskit-serverless/ray-node:0.14.1-py310"
 )
 RAY_NODE_IMAGES_MAP = {
     "default": RAY_NODE_IMAGE,