diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 023f4456..46860a98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       prepull_images:
-        description: "Prepull images prior to build"
+        description: "Skip image prepull prior to build"
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: false
diff --git a/images/datascience-notebook/test/test_python.py b/images/datascience-notebook/test/test_python.py
index e9158b9d..3ffdefa3 100644
--- a/images/datascience-notebook/test/test_python.py
+++ b/images/datascience-notebook/test/test_python.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger('datahub_docker_stacks')
 
 
-def test_python_version(container, python_next_version="3.12"):
+def test_python_version(container, python_next_version="3.13"):
     """Check that python version is lower than the next version"""
     LOGGER.info(f"Checking that python version is lower than {python_next_version}")
     c = container.run(
diff --git a/scripts/runner.py b/scripts/runner.py
index 90314777..44d4cfea 100644
--- a/scripts/runner.py
+++ b/scripts/runner.py
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ def build_and_test_containers(
                 It will be built from stable image's cache and save future build time.")
             node_order[i].rebuild = True
     last_t, m, s = get_time_duration(last_t)
-    logger.info(f"TIME: Prepull took {m} mins {s} secs")
+    if not skip_prepull:
+        logger.info(f"TIME: Prepull took {m} mins {s} secs")
 
     # MAIN loop: look at image one by one
     for node in node_order: