diff --git a/.ci/pull_fluent_image.py b/.ci/pull_fluent_image.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fc1d1fa379c..000000000000
--- a/.ci/pull_fluent_image.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-import docker
-
-_IMAGE_TAG = os.getenv("FLUENT_IMAGE_TAG", "latest")
-_IMAGE_NAME = f"ghcr.io/pyansys/pyfluent:{_IMAGE_TAG}"
-
-
-def _is_newer_version_available(client: docker.DockerClient):
-    try:
-        local_image = client.images.get(name=_IMAGE_NAME)
-    except docker.errors.ImageNotFound:
-        return True
-
-    local_image_digest = local_image.attrs.get("RepoDigests")[0].split("@")[-1]
-    remote_image_digest = client.images.get_registry_data(name=_IMAGE_NAME).id
-    return remote_image_digest != local_image_digest
-
-
-def _pull_image(client: docker.DockerClient):
-    if _is_newer_version_available(client=client):
-        try:
-            client.images.remove(image=_IMAGE_NAME, force=True)
-        except docker.errors.ImageNotFound:
-            pass
-        client.images.pull(repository=_IMAGE_NAME)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    client = docker.from_env()
-    _pull_image(client=client)
diff --git a/.ci/pull_fluent_image.sh b/.ci/pull_fluent_image.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1626f97e744e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/pull_fluent_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Image name
+_IMAGE_NAME="ghcr.io/pyansys/pyfluent:${FLUENT_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}"
+
+# Pull fluent image based on tag
+docker pull $_IMAGE_NAME
+
+# Remove all dangling images
+docker image prune -f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2929a09f4350..74017a63ba8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m twine upload --skip-existing ./**/*.tar.gz
         env:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
-          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ANSYS_FLUENT_CORE_PYPI_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11dbe435ef33..5c0de42c6869 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ version-info:
 
 docker-pull:
 	@pip install docker
-	@python .ci/pull_fluent_image.py
+	@bash .ci/pull_fluent_image.sh
 
 test-import:
 	@python -c "import ansys.fluent.core as pyfluent"