diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.finn b/docker/Dockerfile.finn
index 850d637de4d1384231a90dc5cdca532cb4dec5fd..41f10cb5c161ff8e2b8875ba471568cc9d2db91a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.finn
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.finn
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 
 FROM pytorch/pytorch:1.7.1-cuda11.0-cudnn8-runtime
 LABEL maintainer="Yaman Umuroglu <yamanu@xilinx.com>"
-
-# XRT version to be installed
-ARG XRT_DEB_VERSION="xrt_202010.2.7.766_18.04-amd64-xrt"
-
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
 # some Vitis deps require a timezone to be specified, which hangs in Docker
@@ -64,6 +60,7 @@ RUN echo "StrictHostKeyChecking no" >> /etc/ssh/ssh_config
 RUN locale-gen "en_US.UTF-8"
 
 # install XRT
+ARG XRT_DEB_VERSION
 RUN wget https://www.xilinx.com/bin/public/openDownload?filename=$XRT_DEB_VERSION.deb -O /tmp/$XRT_DEB_VERSION.deb
 RUN apt install -y /tmp/$XRT_DEB_VERSION.deb
 RUN rm /tmp/$XRT_DEB_VERSION.deb
diff --git a/run-docker.sh b/run-docker.sh
index ff4161ce06d8d922fd153ad37cddcdcad50effcc..03e59de4a6e9d18f6459526451b502fc7025d717 100755
--- a/run-docker.sh
+++ b/run-docker.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
 : ${ALVEO_BOARD="U250"}
 : ${ALVEO_TARGET_DIR="/tmp"}
 : ${PLATFORM_REPO_PATHS="/opt/xilinx/platforms"}
-: ${XRT_DEB_VERSION="xrt_202010.2.7.766_18.04-amd64-xrt"}
+: ${XRT_DEB_VERSION="xrt_202210.2.13.466_18.04-amd64-xrt"}
 : ${FINN_HOST_BUILD_DIR="/tmp/$DOCKER_INST_NAME"}
 : ${FINN_DOCKER_TAG="xilinx/finn:$(git describe --tags --dirty).$XRT_DEB_VERSION"}
 : ${FINN_DOCKER_PREBUILT="0"}
diff --git a/src/finn/util/basic.py b/src/finn/util/basic.py
index c90985ebc9932c56c840e34464b838f3141c79a8..4aba87216c8999612f748e989a945ceff33da167 100644
--- a/src/finn/util/basic.py
+++ b/src/finn/util/basic.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ alveo_part_map["U280"] = "xcu280-fsvh2892-2L-e"
 alveo_default_platform = dict()
 alveo_default_platform["U50"] = "xilinx_u50_gen3x16_xdma_201920_3"
 alveo_default_platform["U200"] = "xilinx_u200_xdma_201830_2"
-alveo_default_platform["U250"] = "xilinx_u250_xdma_201830_2"
+alveo_default_platform["U250"] = "xilinx_u250_gen3x16_xdma_2_1_202010_1"
 alveo_default_platform["U280"] = "xilinx_u280_xdma_201920_3"