install with newer version of openclaw

[jhthompson12]

Right now NemoClaw defaults to OpenClaw version 2026.3.11 which has some issues that are addressed in 2026.3.22 that I really need for my use case.

I have tried:

• cloning Nemoclaw
• find and replacing every instance of 2026.3.11 with 2026.3.22
• run install.sh

But I keep getting OpenClaw version 2026.3.11. so I have 2 questions:

1. Is it possible to change the OpenClaw version like this or will it somehow break the larger NemoClaw environment?
2. If it can be changed, why is what I've tried not working? I suspect there's something related to docker image caching going on which is causing my find/replace edits to be ignored. But idk..

[jhthompson12]

Here's what ended up working for me using NemoClaw v0.0.9

• clone the NemoClaw repo locally
• manually rebuild the sandbox-base container locally by
  • modifying one line in Dockerfile.base:

    #  in `Dockerfile.base` change this line  
    RUN npm install -g [email protected] \
    # to whatever version of OpenClaw you need
    RUN npm install -g [email protected] \
    

  • rebuild the container image and save locally

    docker buildx build --load -f Dockerfile.base -t sandbox-base-openclaw-2026.3.22:latest .
    

• then modify Dockerfile

  # in `Dockerfile` change this line 
  ARG BASE_IMAGE=ghcr.io/nvidia/nemoclaw/sandbox-base:latest
  # to 
  ARG BASE_IMAGE=sandbox-base-openclaw-2026.3.22:latest
  

• then run the install.sh to install NemoClaw (run uninstall.sh first if you have already installed it)

This seems to have worked for me, though i havent tested to see if there are any side effects to changing the OpenClaw version in NemoClaw.