diff --git a/codeserver/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu b/codeserver/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
index 8738a4073..c349b924d 100644
--- a/codeserver/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
+++ b/codeserver/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ RUN dnf install -y perl mesa-libGL skopeo && dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/
 RUN --mount=type=cache,from=whl-cache,source=/root/OpenBLAS,target=/OpenBlas,rw \
     bash -c ' \
         if [[ $(uname -m) == "ppc64le" ]]; then \
-            dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm; \
-            dnf install -y lcms2 libraqm libimagequant openjpeg2; \
             PREFIX=/usr/ make install -C /OpenBlas; \
         fi '
 
diff --git a/codeserver/ubi9-python-3.12/devel_env_setup.sh b/codeserver/ubi9-python-3.12/devel_env_setup.sh
index badfef10a..4c30e8f82 100755
--- a/codeserver/ubi9-python-3.12/devel_env_setup.sh
+++ b/codeserver/ubi9-python-3.12/devel_env_setup.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,32 @@ set -eoux pipefail
 export WHEEL_DIR=${WHEEL_DIR:-"/wheelsdir"}
 mkdir -p ${WHEEL_DIR}
 
+build_pillow() {
+    CURDIR=$(pwd)
+
+    export PILLOW_VERSION=$1
+
+    TEMP_BUILD_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+    cd ${TEMP_BUILD_DIR}
+
+    : ================== Installing Pillow ==================
+    git clone --recursive https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow.git -b ${PILLOW_VERSION}
+    cd Pillow
+    uv build --wheel --out-dir /pillowwheel
+
+    : ================= Fix Pillow Wheel ====================
+    cd /pillowwheel
+    uv pip install auditwheel
+    auditwheel repair pillow*.whl
+    mv wheelhouse/pillow*.whl ${WHEEL_DIR}
+
+    cd ${CURDIR}
+    rm -rf ${TEMP_BUILD_DIR}
+}
 build_pyarrow() {
     CURDIR=$(pwd)
 
-    export PYARROW_VERSION=${1:-$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/apache/arrow/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name' | grep -Eo "[0-9\.]+")}
+    export PYARROW_VERSION=$1
 
     TEMP_BUILD_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
     cd ${TEMP_BUILD_DIR}
@@ -44,7 +66,8 @@ build_pyarrow() {
 if [[ $(uname -m) == "ppc64le" ]]; then
     # install development packages
     dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
-    dnf install -y cmake gcc-toolset-13 fribidi-devel lcms2-devel \
+    # patchelf: needed by `auditwheel repair`
+    dnf install -y cmake gcc-toolset-13 fribidi-devel lcms2-devel patchelf \
         libimagequant-devel libraqm-devel openjpeg2-devel tcl-devel tk-devel
 
     # install rust
@@ -73,6 +96,10 @@ if [[ $(uname -m) == "ppc64le" ]]; then
     
     PYARROW_VERSION=$(grep -A1 '"pyarrow"' pylock.toml | grep -Eo '\b[0-9\.]+\b')
     build_pyarrow ${PYARROW_VERSION}
+
+    PILLOW_VERSION=$(grep -A1 '"pillow"' pylock.toml | grep -Eo '\b[0-9\.]+\b')
+    build_pillow ${PILLOW_VERSION}
+
     uv pip install ${WHEEL_DIR}/*.whl
 else
     # only for mounting on non-ppc64le