diff --git a/flytekit/models/task.py b/flytekit/models/task.py
index d2d55fa759..ba15b3a3c8 100644
--- a/flytekit/models/task.py
+++ b/flytekit/models/task.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 from flyteidl.core import compiler_pb2 as _compiler
 from flyteidl.core import literals_pb2 as _literals_pb2
 from flyteidl.core import tasks_pb2 as _core_task
+from flyteidl.plugins import mpi_pb2 as _mpi_task
 from flyteidl.plugins import pytorch_pb2 as _pytorch_task
 from flyteidl.plugins import spark_pb2 as _spark_task
-from flyteidl.plugins import mpi_pb2 as _mpi_task
 from flyteidl.plugins import tensorflow_pb2 as _tensorflow_task
 from google.protobuf import json_format as _json_format
 from google.protobuf import struct_pb2 as _struct
@@ -1150,6 +1150,7 @@ def from_flyte_idl(cls, pb2_object):
             chief_replicas_count=pb2_object.chief_replicas,
         )
 
+
 class MPIJob(_common.FlyteIdlEntity):
     def __init__(self, num_workers, num_launcher_replicas, slots):
         self._num_workers = num_workers
@@ -1179,4 +1180,4 @@ def from_flyte_idl(cls, pb2_object):
             num_workers=pb2_object.num_workers,
             num_launcher_replicas=pb2_object.num_launcher_replicas,
             slots=pb2_object.slots,
-        )
\ No newline at end of file
+        )
diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/flytekitplugins/kfmpi/task.py b/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/flytekitplugins/kfmpi/task.py
index 840183fcd1..e51495fdc8 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/flytekitplugins/kfmpi/task.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/flytekitplugins/kfmpi/task.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 Kubernetes. It leverages `TF Job <https://github.com/kubeflow/mpi-operator>`_ Plugin from kubeflow.
 """
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, List
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List
 
 from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToDict
 
-from flytekit import PythonFunctionTask, Resources
+from flytekit import PythonFunctionTask
 from flytekit.extend import SerializationSettings, TaskPlugins
 from flytekit.models import task as model
 
@@ -25,19 +25,11 @@ class MPIJob(object):
         num_launcher_replicas: Number of launcher server replicas to use
 
         slots: Number of slots per worker used in hostfile
-
-        per_replica_requests: [optional] lower-bound resources for each replica spawned for this job
-        (i.e. both for (main)master and workers).  Default is set by platform-level configuration.
-
-        per_replica_limits: [optional] upper-bound resources for each replica spawned for this job. If not specified
-        the scheduled resource may not have all the resources
     """
 
     slots: int
     num_launcher_replicas: int = 1
     num_workers: int = 1
-    per_replica_requests: Optional[Resources] = None
-    per_replica_limits: Optional[Resources] = None
 
 
 class MPIFunctionTask(PythonFunctionTask[MPIJob]):
@@ -50,7 +42,7 @@ class MPIFunctionTask(PythonFunctionTask[MPIJob]):
     _MPI_BASE_COMMAND = [
         "mpirun",
         "--allow-run-as-root",
-        "bind-to",
+        "-bind-to",
         "none",
         "-map-by",
         "slot",
@@ -73,14 +65,18 @@ def __init__(self, task_config: MPIJob, task_function: Callable, **kwargs):
             task_config=task_config,
             task_function=task_function,
             task_type=self._MPI_JOB_TASK_TYPE,
-            **{**kwargs, "requests": task_config.per_replica_requests, "limits": task_config.per_replica_limits}
+            **kwargs,
         )
 
     def get_command(self, settings: SerializationSettings) -> List[str]:
         cmd = super().get_command(settings)
         num_procs = self.task_config.num_workers * self.task_config.slots
-        mpi_cmd = self._MPI_BASE_COMMAND + ["-np", f"{num_procs}"] + ["python",
-                                                                      settings.entrypoint_settings.path] + cmd[1:]
+        mpi_cmd = (
+            self._MPI_BASE_COMMAND
+            + ["-np", f"{num_procs}"]
+            + ["python", settings.entrypoint_settings.path, "pyflyte-execute"]
+            + cmd[1:]
+        )
         # the hostfile is set automatically by MPIOperator using env variable OMPI_MCA_orte_default_hostfile
         return mpi_cmd
 
diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/setup.py b/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/setup.py
index aa3b50544b..ae6e689e7d 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 microlib_name = f"flytekitplugins-{PLUGIN_NAME}"
 
-plugin_requires = []
+plugin_requires = ["flytekit>=0.16.0b0,<1.0.0"]
 
 __version__ = "0.0.0+develop"
 
diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/tests/test_mpi_task.py b/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/tests/test_mpi_task.py
index 7b0a81ee7f..03895b72e2 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/tests/test_mpi_task.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/tests/test_mpi_task.py
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 
 
 def test_mpi_task():
-    @task(task_config=MPIJob(num_workers=10, num_launcher_replicas=10, slots=1, per_replica_requests=Resources(cpu="1")), cache=True, cache_version="1")
+    @task(
+        task_config=MPIJob(num_workers=10, num_launcher_replicas=10, slots=1),
+        requests=Resources(cpu="1"),
+        cache=True,
+        cache_version="1",
+    )
     def my_mpi_task(x: int, y: str) -> int:
         return x
 
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@ def my_mpi_task(x: int, y: str) -> int:
         entrypoint_settings=EntrypointSettings(path="/etc/my-entrypoint", command="my-entrypoint"),
     )
 
-    assert my_mpi_task.get_custom(settings) == {"workers": 10}
+    assert my_mpi_task.get_custom(settings) == {"numLauncherReplicas": 10, "numWorkers": 10, "slots": 1}
     assert my_mpi_task.resources.limits == Resources()
     assert my_mpi_task.resources.requests == Resources(cpu="1")
     assert my_mpi_task.task_type == "mpi"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b851901c25..115e8a3ef9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         ]
     },
     install_requires=[
+        "flyteidl>=0.21.4,<0.22.0",
         "wheel>=0.30.0,<1.0.0",
         "pandas>=1.0.0,<2.0.0",
         "pyarrow>=2.0.0,<4.0.0",