diff --git a/.changeset/angry-paws-battle.md b/.changeset/angry-paws-battle.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69110e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/angry-paws-battle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@e2b/code-interpreter-template': patch
+---
+
+Update R to 4.4
diff --git a/template/Dockerfile b/template/Dockerfile
index 37841db2..b023150d 100644
--- a/template/Dockerfile
+++ b/template/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 FROM python:3.10.14
 
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/openjdk
-ENV PATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
-
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential curl git util-linux jq sudo nodejs npm fonts-noto-cjk
 
@@ -11,15 +8,19 @@ ENV PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=100 \
   PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
   JUPYTER_CONFIG_PATH="/root/.jupyter" \
   IPYTHON_CONFIG_PATH="/root/.ipython" \
-  SERVER_PATH="/root/.server"
+  SERVER_PATH="/root/.server" \
+  R_VERSION=4.4.2
+
+ENV R_HOME=/opt/R/${R_VERSION} \
+    JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/openjdk
 
 # Install Jupyter
 COPY ./requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && ipython kernel install --name "python3" --user
 
 # R Kernel
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y r-base
-RUN R -e "install.packages('IRkernel')"
+RUN curl -O https://cdn.rstudio.com/r/debian-12/pkgs/r-${R_VERSION}_1_amd64.deb && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ./r-${R_VERSION}_1_amd64.deb && ln -s ${R_HOME}/bin/R /usr/bin/R
+RUN R -e "install.packages('IRkernel', repos='https://cloud.r-project.org')"
 RUN R -e "IRkernel::installspec(user = FALSE, name = 'r', displayname = 'R')"
 
 # Javascript Kernel
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ COPY startup_scripts/* $IPYTHON_CONFIG_PATH/profile_default/startup
 
 
 COPY --from=eclipse-temurin:11-jdk $JAVA_HOME $JAVA_HOME
+RUN ln -s ${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java /usr/bin/java
+
 # Java Kernel
 RUN wget https://github.com/SpencerPark/IJava/releases/download/v1.3.0/ijava-1.3.0.zip && \
     unzip ijava-1.3.0.zip && \
diff --git a/template/start-up.sh b/template/start-up.sh
index b872d508..fb45f470 100644
--- a/template/start-up.sh
+++ b/template/start-up.sh
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ function start_jupyter_server() {
 	/root/.server/.venv/bin/uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 49999 --workers 1 --no-access-log --no-use-colors
 }
 
-export PATH="/opt/java/openjdk/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
-
 echo "Starting Code Interpreter server..."
 start_jupyter_server &
 MATPLOTLIBRC=/root/.config/matplotlib/.matplotlibrc jupyter server --IdentityProvider.token="" >/dev/null 2>&1